Great Dixter Short Planting Spade book Comes in a few other

Comes in a few other sizes:  6-tines

Pretty beautiful and inspiring stuff

Then you can build the habit of always wearing a "garden tool belt" and putting the tool back in its holster when not in use

trowels and other hand tools - to prevent rusting of steel parts and swelling of wooden handles/shafts

They’ve given it a slightly longer handle and the central tine was extended to give greater precision when dealing with individual weeds

Great Dixter Short Planting Spade book Comes in a few otherThis short handled spade is the companion to the short planting fork. They are a great set and have become part of the basic toolkit that my crew takes everywhere. I first used this tool while on a work practicum at Great Dixter, and it was one of my first introductions to the Sneeboer line. The gardeners at Dixter use them all the time and for good reason it is the perfect tool for getting into their densely planted borders to interplant bulbs,