Thanks for that page of links, Helen. The Canadian distributor of Grandpa’s Weeder is Lee Valley Tools, my favourite purveyor of gadgets.

It’s out of stock at every Lee Valley outlet in eastern and central Canada.

I’ve done an adequate job of weed control so far with stoop labour and a Lee Valley dandelion lifter, but I can see that Grandpa’s Weeder is the way of the future.

In my opinion, the way to garden happiness is to contract out work that requires equipment you either don’t have or hate to use — in my case, that means lawn care because I hate the racket of a lawn mower or aerator. I have ear defenders for when I have to take the weed-whacker for a spin, which is blessedly not often.

Also, plant shrubs and perennials. That reduces the drudgery to weeding and occasional pruning.