A tool for cutting through roots in the soil includes an elongate bar formed of solid steel with an enlarged knob on a top end and a weighted cutting head on a bottom end. The cutting head is formed of solid tempered steel and is in the configuration of an axe head with a sharpened arcuate cutting edge on the lowermost distal end. A longitudinal axis of the bar extends through a center of the cutting edge. In a preferred embodiment, the entire tool is made as one piece forged steel.
