Still, it’s a fine choice for small-scale jobs. Shop on Walmart Fiskars Telescoping Rotary Cultivator is a trusty, stand-up cultivating tool that works especially well on previously plowed earth.

A hand cultivator, like this Fiskars Xact Hand Cultivator, has three prongs with a ninety-degree bend toward the end so that the tines point downward into the soil. It's particularly useful for ...