Get Digging
is a small mail order business with no pretensions to competing with
the large garden tool suppliers. The business is based on marketing
Azadas and other quality tools not to be found in the normal retail
outlets, which normally concentrate on similar ranges of 
conventional
mass-market tools.
Having
lived abroad for many years, working mostly in agriculture, I had
experienced first hand how much easier these tools make life and the
frustration of not being able to obtain them here led me to start the
business. For more background see article.
I work my own allotment and half-acre garden almost entirely with
Azadas and rarely use a conventional spade or fork, which I find
terribly hard work and very hard on the back.
From these
first tentative and very amateurish beginnings some twelve
years ago, with a compehensive range of just two tools, Get Digging
has grown steadily and many hundreds of customers all over the UK and
even further afield have come to share my enthusiasm for these tools,
see what users say. Interestingly, I
have received many calls from people who have lived in far-flung
places from S. America to Africa to the Far East, recalling with
affection their trusty Azadón, Jembe, Mekoferia, Chungkul,
Chodhali, Matiya etc. and expressing their delight at being able to
obtain something similar here.
These tools
are made in Spain and are of the highest quality solid forged steel -
as one of my engineer customers put it, "You can always tell
good steel by its ring and these ring as sweet as a bell." The
handles are of eucalyptus or beech, PEFC certified and sourced from
the Iberian Peninsula or Southern France.
If you have
any questions regarding the most appropriate tool for you, don't
hesitate to get in touch and I'll do my best to advise you. If you
are in the area, you are very welcome to come and have a look at the
tools and try them out. Finally, if you do buy an Azada or any of the
other tools, I would always appreciate any feedback, opinions,
suggestions and even your ideas about other types of hard-to-find
tools which you would like to be more obtainable.
