digging fork
garden fork

A. Cancel your lunch plans and get out the digging fork.

He picked up a three-pronged digging fork with his other hand and went out through the air lock.

Using a digging fork, putting it deep into the soil, cut a line around the clump about two inches from its outside edge.

About once every two weeks, turn and mix the pile with a pitch fork or digging fork.

Use a digging fork to lift the tubers.

Otherwise, it's time for the digging fork.

Digging forks are useful for cultivating heavy soil.

Thoroughly loosen the circle with a digging fork, then work the fork a foot below the shoots and lift the plant.

A special 'Dodford digging fork' was made in Stourbridge to deal with heavy red soil.

The broadfork is a manual tool specifically designed for this task; a digging fork or a spade might also be used.

Border fork A smaller version of a digging fork; very handy for working among close-spaced plants and lifting individual seedlings.

A digging fork, or grape, is forked much like a pitchfork, and is useful for loosening ground and gardening.

A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with a handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines.

Digging fork Used for loosening and breaking soil down finely, mixing fertiliser into the soil surface, moving plant debris and manure, and lifting and dividing plants.

To the Editor: "Oh, for a Sharp Spade and a Soft Glove" (Cuttings, Aug. 1) left out a digging implement my family and I have been using since 1918 with great success and without the great labor described in the article - the digging fork.