When I mark off rows or space shrubs and plants, I want to be more accurate than I would be by just eyeballing the distance. To do that, I turned the handles of my shovels, rakes, and hoes into rulers. Using a wood-burning pen, I’ve marked every handle with increments of 1-foot and 1/2-foot measures. For gauging the depth of holes and smaller widths, I mark the top foot of each handle in 1-inch increments.
