  | Common Raking Patterns
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The key to solving tricky gardens is to have a strong repertoire of raking manoeuvres up your sleeve. After a while, you will start to get a feel for which moves are going to help and which ones might get you stuck. There is no substitute for experience, but have a look over these common raking patterns for some ideas.
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The Empty Corner
Empty corners are easily dealt with. Simply rake out smaller
corners until there are none left.
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The Lone Rock
In order to rake around a lone rock, try to approach the rock
from each of its four sides.
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The Long Rock
Long rocks are easier to deal with, because you have enough
space to walk up to them, turn around, and come back.
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The Pair of Knights
It is often useful to wiggle between two rocks like this by
walking into the first rock, and then turning into the second.
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The Loop
This is a less obvious manoeuvre, but is very useful. Look for
empty paths in the sand which are 2 squares wide. It is possible
to walk around the edge of the path and come back.
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The Kink
If there is a rock set one square into sand, consider walking
into the rock and then turning.
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The Circuit
Similar to the Kink, it is possible to rake all the way around a
rock in this this situation.
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