Digging fork
A grave fork or grave fork , in the stronger version also a spade fork or, more rarely , a fork spade , is a garden tool that consists of a pitchfork (which usually has thin, slightly curved prongs) and a spade . In Switzerland it is called a piercing fork . The leaf consists of three or four strong, only slightly curved prongs that can be round to flat. Today, the stem is usually embedded in the leaf by means of a metal shoe.
The digging fork is used to loosen and move topsoil and is similar to the spade for turning, with the advantage that only a few plant roots (including weed roots) are chopped off when driving into the ground. It can therefore be used especially for gentle digging up of plants. In contrast to the spade, the splitting of the useful earthworms is also considerably reduced. In addition, a digging fork can be pricked into the ground with significantly less effort. Its function is similar to the angled karst , hoe or krail .
See also
literature
- Jocob Linné: The practical gardener . JJ Arnd publisher, 1907.
Web links
- Spades and digging forks (accessed May 19, 2016)
- The Ohmdener Bio-Doppelgrabegabel (accessed on May 19, 2016)
- Comparison of different double grave forks (accessed on February 4, 2018)