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, quality tools not to be found in the large 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 ten 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 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 hardwood, generally beech and are extremely tough -
I've had just two customers so far who have managed to break theirs,
proving that anything is possible if you try hard enough!
If you have
any questions regarding the most appropriate tool for your purposes,
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, I would
always appreciate any feedback with regards to your experiences,
suggestions and even your ideas about other types of hard-to-find
tools which you would like to be more obtainable.
