Could you please give more informaton and/or description on how you use the wire cup brush? All I can imagine is it spewing dirt from here to kingdom come, LOL ! I also imagine, with all the weeds I have, big holes all over the place..... =:)

Seems to me all that dirt flying around wouldn't be good for the drill and why would you use a chisel when you can buy a garden tool to do the same thing for the same price. Fine if you've got expendible tools but we don't.

I am all for inovation and finding a new purpose for things in the garden, but it has to be something that is practical and cheap and something that will work better than what I've got.

@nuts
My drill has 2 speeds, a slower one for driving screws, and a faster one for drilling. I use the cup brush on the slower speed usually.

My soil has a lot of clay. Weeding this way, is more like sanding a brick, or brushing dirt off a sidewalk with a stiff broom.

@oilpainter
I looked and was unable to find a garden tool that worked in confined spaces, that had the ability to hold a good edge, and was sturdy enough to take on a large weed, certainly not for the $2 that a cheap chisel costs (or 25 cents at a garage sale.) You may have access to better tool sources than I do.

The chisel point can get all the way into the corner of a square pot. Keeping the rounded corner next to the main stem allows me to work fast without fear of taking out the stem. The edge of the bend is used like a stirrup hoe. I can typically do a 6" pot in about 5 seconds, and given that I have lots of pots, this is a win.

I have seen some cheap mini-tools designed for containers. Plastic or blunt or weak. What would you recommend for working in 6" square pots for taking out weeds at the 2-3 inch stage? Remember that my soil is heavy, and quite solid when dry.

Closest thing is something like the Yankee Weeder from Lee Valley. Pretty expensive at $18.50.

Chisels are dirt cheap. You can get them at Princess Auto or Walmart for $1.50

One of my friends uses an old paring knife. I prefer to pull out the roots too but if you have clay soil a knife works well.

Well to each his own. We all have different gardening requirements. I too have a lot of pots but I never have weeds in them, so I need nothing to weed them. Outr garden gets tilled and that takes care of what weeds are there. My flower beds get well weeded in the spring and every weed is removed. With all of these if we see a weed we pull it

You see sherwood our needs are different. I was not aware you could buy a chisel so cheaply, so the more power to you for the creativity to make tools that work for you.

I took sherwood's drill suggestion and made this:

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;)

That's hilarious!

You wouldn't have to worry about safety glasses, long pants and sleeves using that thing..........