It is advisable to drive this in (using a hammer or tapping against a concrete floor) until it is tight. A well-balanced hoe that's heavy-duty and easy-to-use yet sharp enough to cut through tree roots and thick turf. The Japeto hoe and digging fork is beautifully balanced with a light weight wooden handle which contributes to its ease of use. They are available in two types; dig and weed using a pull hoe, or cultivate the soil using a push hoe. The Chillington Heavy Duty Hoe or Digging Hoe is a garden tool for digging what could be described as 'virgin ground' or hard ground.

Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. A normal person (man or woman) of just average build can make a 25 feet long ridge or lazy bed in less than 4 minutes. If your item is damaged, you must sign it as damaged with the courier and do not accept the package. We use bubble wrap or other suitable packaging materials and then put your items in relevant-sized boxes.

The thing is with these tools is they have been around for hundreds of years in one form or another and people have discovered they can be used for a whole range of different tasks. With this you can easily form shallow grooves in the soil for seed trenches, dig deeper and wider drainage channels so you can scoop the soil out to form your lazy beds or potato ridges. In contrast, the ergonomic handle provides comfortable and effective leverage for all your gardening needs.

Long handles allow you to stand in the proper upright ergonomic position while you dig, cultivate, or weed. For chopping and digging into the soil, the hoe's head should be heavy (a half pound per inch of width is best).Lazy beds or potato ridges are still in use to day as a perfect way to grow root crops and allow excess water to drain away.

With this well designed garden tool in your armoury, you may well find that some of the other more conventional garden tools you own become slightly redundant! One man has told us that it is great for his stoney soil as the pointed blade on this special Hoe is able to get in between the stones when cultivating his vegetable plots. Specially designed to break through the tough ground, turn over the soil and remove weeds with minimal effort, this heavy-duty tool is built to last. But one thing is certainly for sure and that is that Chillington certainly make some fantastic, robust and made to last great garden tools.Even though they have roots in ancient times, they still play a useful part in today's garden; with our wide range of hoes, you will be sure to find the right product for you. A shorter handle will work, but it is less ergonomic, harder on your back, and requires more effort. when manually hoeing and digging and tilling the soil by hand were everyday jobs on the farm or in the family garden. This digging hoe from Draper is heavy-duty and well-balanced which is easy-to-use yet sharp enough to cut through tree roots and thick turf.

Machine Mart Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, register number 703528 and acts as a credit broker and not a lender. The head is painted in Brunswick green, a rich colour to give aesthetic contrast and rust protection. Secondly it is of exceptional quality and having been used for centuries in Japanese gardens has stood the test of time.This unique Hoe has been used for other uses we are informed by people who have purchased this great tool. If at any stage the product gets wet and then dries, or is subject to a period of hot or cold weather, the wood can expand and contract. High quality carbon steel is used for many Japanese garden products and the sharp edge of the hoe can be used for chopping out stubborn roots and weeds, while the fork can be used for digging. Other styles include Cultivating Hoes which have tines that penetrate downward into bare soil then till, stir, loosen, or aerate it. The name Hoe given to these tools is kind of misleading because they are purposely designed gardening/agricultural hand tools and far more useful and important than your normal garden Hoe.