Danita,
I'd go ahead and get one..call it a stirrup hoe, Oscillating hoe, or in my neck of the woods, a "speed hoe". I have 3 of them and wouldn't do w/out them.
When my ground is hard they easily slice off the weeds; when soft the idea is to just slice under the soil, severing the weeds below ground level but yet not disturbing the soil any deeper.
Although I support Johnny's I think with you being in Georgia you'd get a much better deal at Lowe's...they normally sell for about $14.00 there. (Home Depot also offers them but the brand they sell here is not up to snuff for my liking.) Just be sure to check the hoe handle itself, checking the grain of the wood 'cus I've seen they sometimes put the handles on "sideways". And the good thing about Lowe's (and Home Depot) if you don't like it they'll take it back and give you a refund.
Shoe (with a speed hoe in the bed of his pick-em-up truck, another in the tool shed, and usually one out near the garden/greenhouse. Never walk to the garden w/out one; two minutes here or there does wonders!)
