[imgbelt img=garden_hoe.jpg]For some jobs – like raising a garden and raising boys – the simple, hickory-handled hoe is the perfect tool. A hoe with a homemade handle. "If you’re talking perfect ...

Some would say gardening tools are just tools, but for me they are a kind of an old friend, in a weird sort of way. I've got a couple of shovels with the fiberglass handles, but I just don't care ...