Weeds are relentless. It won’t be a planet of the apes like the movies predict, it’ll be a planet of the weeds instead. For the past two summers, my inexperience in managing my lawn has led to a surprising discovery this spring with an explosion of weeds cropping up.

I thought about giving up right then — until I watched a few videos on TikTok and discovered the Grampa's Weeder tool. This simple, low tech gardening tool makes it a breeze to rip those nasty weeds out of lawns. And based on all the videos I watched, it can help you remove deeply set roots without having you break a sweat.

That’s why I ended up buying the Grampa's Weeder with my own money because I was tired of getting down on my knees, only to realize my attempts were all futile. Weekends now see me, John the Weed Destroyer, wielding the mighty Grandpa's Weeder, and the weeds know their time is up.

And oh yeah, I absolutely love that it costs less than $40.

$39 at Amazon

This weeding tool isn't cheap, but it saves you from having to bend down to dig up weeds from your yard. And it worked very well in my testing, saving me from unnecessary back pain. The 4-claw design can get rid of weeds easily on soft soil.

When the Grampa's Weeder finally arrived, I was surprised most by its bare-bones design. On one end are two sets of metal prongs held along a 45-inch wooden pole. I didn’t think that this simple design would be effective at removing dandelions, crabgrass, white clover, and the one I fear most, broadleaf plantain — which remind me of those pods that contained people in ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers.’