Favorite Garden Tool!
The Southern Bulb Co. is now offering our favorite garden tool. This CobraHead Mini Weeder is made in the USA, at just over 8 inches long. This tool makes planting in any kind of soil easy, even clay. No more digging huge holes for small bulbs. You can just stick this in the ground, pull back the earth a little, put the bulb in, and let go to let the earth cover the bulb. The tempered steel blade is designed to let you dig exactly where you want without sacrificing durability. This tool is excellent for planting and weeding. The composite grip is perfect for right- or left-handed gardeners.
We also offer the regular size! While the mini is smaller in size compared to the regular version, it delivers the same exceptional performance.
More Than a Planter: It also pulls weeds, loosens packed soil, digs a furrow, edges a bed, and lifts out a clump of bulbs to divide. It does most of what a whole bucket of hand tools does. It’s especially good for pulling grass that has crept into a bed and for lifting small tap-rooted weeds out whole.
Why We Carry It: It’s our favorite garden tool. Everyone in our office has bought one for home, and we use it constantly at the farm for planting bulbs, weeding and digging everywhere. Customers who have been gardening for 50 years tell us they now use it more than any other tool they own.
If you’ve ever cut a bulb in half with a shovel, this is the fix.
Mini Advantages:
Small Enough for Tight Spots: It fits between bulbs that are already up, in cracks in the walk, around tight plantings and in containers. It’s small enough to carry in your pocket while you walk the beds.
For Young and Old: The mini is a favorite at both ends of the family. It fits small hands, and many of our gardeners in their 80s and 90s tell us it’s the one they reach for. It gives a little extra reach without overextending and enough leverage to do the work, and it’s light enough for hands that don’t have the strength they used to. Better yet, buy two and make a planting “date” with a grandchild.
Which Size Is Right for You? Choose the mini for tight spots, containers, and anyone who wants a lighter tool. Choose the regular for more reach and leverage in bigger beds. Many gardeners end up with one of each.
Built to Last: Like the regular, the mini has a tempered steel blade and a hard composite handle that works in either hand. It’s made in Wisconsin, and it’s the kind of tool you buy once.
How to Plant Bulbs With It: Push the blade into the ground, pull the soil back toward you, and drop the bulb into the pocket behind the blade. Then let go, and the earth falls back over the bulb. You don’t need a shovel or a big hole for a small bulb, and it works even through turf and hard clay. It’s good for smaller bulbs like rain lilies, oxbloods and spider lilies as well as larger bulbs like paperwhites and crinums.