I find digging with a hand trowel is very tedious.

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We were at Lowe's a year ago getting supplies for the tomato beds and I thought, why not buy this nice cheap hand trowel, rather a small shovel best for boy scout camping. I also bought the 4 finger claw thingy which has a handle on it you can pull up weeds with. It is somewhere around here. Can't find it right at the moment. Anyhow, I was back in the yard pulling up the weeds growing abundantly around the rose bush and I noticed a squirrel had managed to turn the rose over on it's side thus exposing the roots on the north side. I had to pull it back straight and dig a lot of dirt to pack around it so it would remain upright. Then I began digging out lots of wild flowers and baby Pin Oak trees of which I actually transplanted one in a pot on the front porch. lol It is easy to use this small shovel or hand trowel, but it is tedious and time consuming. But then a large spade type shovel would not be practical for this small spot in the ground about 4 feet by 4 feet wide. I managed to get most of the weeds dug out and softened up the dirt, loosening the dirt a bit so the rose could get better growth. I might go get the long handled hoe to the larger and more weed filled mulch bed. It's a job, not quite an adventure, but if I don't do it, nobody else will. I need room to grow some tomatoes anyway so I better get at it before the storm hits Dallas in less than a day.