Interesting article. Among the Dutch Hoes I did not find the most common hoe used in the Netherlands, the 'Schoffel Betuws Model', which is somewhat like the heart hoe, but than with a straight blade.

I recently started weeding at the farming cooperative that I became a member of at the start of July [1]. There is a short instruction movie where you hear one of the farmers give some instruction on how to use the hoe [2]. She explains, in Dutch, that you have to make light movements, just below the surface of the soil.

I enjoy helping out on the farming cooperative. It are simple tasks, that still require some concentration, and with an immediate result. It often brings me into a meditating like state. I meditated a bit in the past, but felt that it often wore off shortly after stopping, but with this that seems less the case, probably because I have achieved something useful. I guess, this is one of the reasons why many people like gardening. I do not have a large garden and working at the farming cooperative often means you have to repeat the same kind of work for much longer than you could have done in my own garden.

[1] https://www.iwriteiam.nl/D2306.html#18

[2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/197736829@N05/52960240223/in/a...