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Whether you are a professional gardener or an enthusiastic homeowner, digging tools are indispensable for gardening and horticulture, they help with tasks like preparing garden beds, planting trees, flowers or shrubs and removing weeds and vegetation.

So whether you choose a Round Mouth, Square Mouth, Trench, or Cable Layers Shovel, a Grafting Tool, Newcastle Drainer or Trench Fork, you know that a Bulldog digging tool won’t let you down – no matter how tough the job is. The Trench shovel offers a narrower and shorter alternative to the standard square mouth models, which is particularly useful when digging a narrow trench for pipes and cables or when a lighter weight shovel is preferred. Garden spades typically have a long, straight handle made of wood or metal, and a flat, rectangular blade made of steel. The blade is usually about 6-8 inches wide and 12-16 inches long, and is designed to be sharp enough to cut through soil and roots. The blade may also be slightly curved to help with digging and scooping.

An auger, which is one of the types of digging tools, is a drill-like tool used to bore large and deeper holes in the ground. It is commonly powered by electricity, gasoline, or manual force. This auger is particularly useful for digging holes for tree planting, installing large plants, or creating post holes in hard soil or clay. Spading Spade: Garden spades are a type of tool that is commonly used in gardening and landscaping. They are designed to help gardeners dig and move soil, as well as to plant and transplant flowers, vegetables, and other plants. Bulldog’s unique heat treatment and finishing after the forging process means that their shovels have added strength and flexibility in the blade due to being reheated and then plunged into a cold nitrate salt bath which ‘re-tunes’ the structure of the steel.

The tool head is then coated in an epoxy powder paint which protects against the elements and minimises soil adhesion making the shovel more hardwearing, giving it an increased life span and easing digging. The spade is probably the most common digging tool, and it is available, this consists of a long handle, the digging blade has boot rests at the top force can be applied to thrust the blade deeply into the ground and it utilizes the handle for leverage, colds of soil can be easily transported and dislodged with ease. Trenching Spade: This garden fork, which is one of the types of digging tools, is also known as a digging fork or spading fork. Designed with several sturdy tines, it is used for loosening compacted soil, breaking up clumps, and turning over soil. The fork is particularly useful for aerating the soil and incorporating organic matter like mulch or compost. Trowel: Types of Digging Tools: Essential Equipment for Your Outdoor Projects 18 As the name suggests, a post-hole digger is designed specifically for digging deep, narrow holes for fence post, tree planting or signposts. The Newcastle Drainer is the perfect tool for making holes in the ground, deep narrow trenches, cable, pipe and drainage channels or for digging post holes. The tough, long, narrow blade has built in treads for leverage and its shape also makes it a very good tree planting tool.The digging tools such as spades, trenching tools, and shovels are specifically designed for efficient excavation. It allows you to dig through soil remove debris and create holes.

When using a garden spade, it is important to use proper technique to avoid injury and to get the best results. This may include using your body weight to help push the spade into the soil and using your legs to lift and move the soil.. Garden spades come in a variety of sizes and styles, depending on the specific needs of the gardener. Some spades are designed for general digging and planting, while others are specialised for tasks such as edging, trenching, or transplanting. Some spades also have features such as serrated edges or pointed tips to make them more versatile and effective.Digging tools are essential in gardening and landscaping projects, they are used for excavating foundation, trenches for utility lines, and holes for fence posts and plants.

Here, we discuss above mention various types of digging tools in briefly, Spade: Types of Digging Tools: Essential Equipment for Your Outdoor Projects 13

Grafting tools have a slightly dished bade which is heavy and made for digging heavy clay soils and for ground breaking work. Often used by landscapers for all types of heavy work, it is also often referred to as a grafting spade. It consists of two long handles with sharp, scooped blades at the bottom, by thrusting the blades into the ground and squeezing the handles, the soil is lifted out, creating a hole. Auger: Types of Digging Tools: Essential Equipment for Your Outdoor Projects 22 A trenching spade is one of the types of digging tools. It is essentially a spade but with a narrow and longer digging blade. This allows the user to concentrate more power on a smaller surface area, making it ideal for tougher soils and achieving extra depth in digging tasks. S hovel: Types of Digging Tools: Essential Equipment for Your Outdoor Projects 14