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Goutweed is edible; it is even considered a very tasty wild vegetable. But at the latest when goutweed and some other weeds in the garden and raised bed threaten to become the main source of food, gardeners* feel compelled to do something about their wild growth. Now many herbs, especially goutweed, form a rampant rhizome - due to the underground shoots, it is not easy to remove the uninvited guests completely. Even a small piece of root can sprout again and start anew to conquer your beds.

This weeder takes the problem by the root. Its narrow, pointed tool head allows you to loosen the soil around the weed without unintentionally cutting its root, so you can pull out the herb and root in one piece. Another advantage: The elongated round tip gives you a greater reach and allows you to work in a targeted manner even in closely planted beds without damaging the roots of your cultivated plants.

A useful side effect: even as a joint cleaner, the forged tool head proves a strong performer. And if (just) no undesirable wild weeds are growing in your garden, the goutweed weeder is also ideally suited for regularly loosening the soil between your bedding plants. In this way, you reduce water loss through evaporation, so that soil moisture is retained for longer. For all your work, the handle made of solid ash wood lies well in the hand and allows you a powerful grip.

The Krumpholz family knows a thing or two about forging. Based in the Franconian Forest, their ancestors acquired their first own hammer mill - the Guttenberger Hammer - in 1799 and were already producing tools and other everyday objects from forged iron back then. Today, the company's fortunes are in the hands of the eighth generation. The garden tools that leave the production site, which is still in its old location but has long since been modernized and expanded, are tools of the highest quality: shaped to their intended use under the weight of the forging hammer, compacted and reinforced where necessary, fitted with sharpened edges or blades and equipped with high-quality ash wood handles. Free-form forging, as practiced at Krumpholz, requires special skill and a sense of proportion. The steel used, a Swedish steel with a chrome-molybdenum content, is tough, strong and easy to clean.