Abstract: A hand implement for cultivating the surface of the earth, the implement including an elongated shaft which mounts at its distal end a toothed assembly and a blade is mounted on the toothed assembly, the toothed assembly and blade so disposed relative to each other to form a pair of fulcrums interoperable to deploy the toothed assembly and blade for a multiplicity of earth working operations including weeding, permitting weeds to be cut off at uniform depths below the earth's surface or alternatively extracted from the earth in their entirety.