Wilkinson Sword Ultralight Digging Spade

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If you work on areas that have a large vicinity of soil areas, then the garden spade is your best friend. It isn’t heavy, and the non-slip features mean that it is safe. You can add this to your tools as a lifelong companion! These spades are intended for all of the jobs you might expect to encounter whilst digging in the garden: moving earth, cutting through roots, and turning soil. Why not? No matter what your garden spade is made of, it’s likely to be one of your most reliable and most versatile gardening solutions you have available. Most seasoned gardeners will tell you that a spade is a gardening tool that comes in handy for more garden tasks and jobs than most. Faithfull has put into the market a very sturdy and resilient digging spade that will help you turn over the soil, remove those annoying weeds as well as help you plant new seeds! All this can be done with less hassle when you use the Digging Treaded Spade.

Despite its lower price, this garden spade has been made to very high standards and the first time I held it, and used it, I was impressed with the build quality and materials used in its construction.

Bulldog Digging Spade model 710772890 has an ergonomic forward angled head that is supposed to provide you with ease as well as efficiency while you dig out the soil. Moreover, the hilt has been forged so that it does not damage your boot’s sole while you are working. Bulldog Tools have been popular since 1780, so you can’t go wrong with this brand.

Equally as strong feeling is the blade itself. Made out of high carbon steel, heat treated to increase the hardness and durability, then epoxy coated to make it more resilient when it comes to rust, corrosion from soil alkalines, and even scratches. Well, here are a few tips that should help you make a choice that you will be happy with, and get you a tool that will do what it’s supposed to. Let’s begin. Spade type Gardening tasks like digging soil, breaking ground, working with confined spaces such as raised beds, preparing land or soil for planting shrubs, seeds and vegetables and so on can be much easier with a spade. It’s quite simple really, if you are 6ft tall or above, you should be looking for a spade that is at least 100cm or more. Fiskars pointed spade that we reviewed above would be a good choice. Kent & Stowe have brought us this excellent, compact garden spade that is ideal for people with smaller builds, whether it is the elderly, children, or women, or just for someone looking for a lightweight spade for certain specific tasks.There are a couple of design points to bear in mind, which help improve the strength and longevity of a garden spade. Firstly, the best garden spades have either a hardwood or polypropylene shaft . Ashwood is commonly used because it is strong but lightweight, and polypropylene has been shown to have three times the strength of steel. These good-looking and exceptionally hardworking tools have been designed to make light work of digging and cultivating, and are manufactured to last for years. Burgon & Ball garden spades and forks are endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, one of the world’s foremost horticultural organisations and the UK's leading gardening charity. We are confident of the quality of our tools: each RHS-endorsed tool comes with a lifetime guarantee against manufacturing defects. Garden forks are great for lifting, loosening and turning over soil, as well as digging up plants and weeds. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or you’ve just discovered your green fingers, we have something for everyone with a range of sizes and styles, from traditional to professional and industrial quality forks. This long standing expertise ensures that when you buy a Wilkinson Sword garden tool, you can be pretty sure it’s going to be well made and durable, and this garden spade is no exception.