Hook out grass roots with a twist of the wrist like scooping ice cream.
Slash diagonally under roots.
Other uses for The Diggit
Planting very fine seeds such as carrots and lettuce. Place a pinch of seeds in the "V" of the tool, tap the tool and angle it down slightly. The seeds will spread themselves out and fall one at a time off the tool, avoiding planting too many in a given area and not enough in others.
Spacing row crops: The tool is exactly one foot long. Use it to space seeds like corn or peas.