Abstract: A hand cultivating system for loosening or tilling select portions of the soil in a garden or plot. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a hand cultivating implement wherein there is provided a longitudinal handle member having first and second ends, the first end having affixed thereto a tined cultivator member including a plurality of tines in general longitudinal alignment with the handle member. Also affixed to the handle member, connected to the handle member in a position in the medial or upper medial area of the handle, disposed generally toward the second end of the handle, is a laterally emanating torque handle, configured to allow the user to partially rotate the handle and tined cultivator member about their longitudinal axis.