Take
hold of both handles, with your weaker hand forward.
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Your
aim is to cut off the stalk just below the point
of growth, which will prevent it growing again from
that point.
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Chisel Hoe in Action
Philip
Trevelyan removing small thistles at Hill Top
Farm, Spaunton.
Adopt a cranking motion of the arms (instead
of straight up and down) and drop the blade
to the ground just behind the rosette.
