New Uses for Utensils

Old utensils and tools become handy garden helpers.

Dinner knife: Run the blade between bricks or cracks to remove shallow-rooted weeds.

Fork: Easy to work in tight spaces of a rock garden or container planting, or for transplanting seedlings. Also useful for light weeding.

Garden hose: Use as a support for hanging baskets, or cut into pieces and weave together as a recycled doormat.

Tire iron: A great tool for removing rocks or uprooting stubborn weeds.