Azadas, Mattocks, Long Handled Spades, Long Handled Forks, Cromes, Scythes, Sickles, Slashers.

Azada.... Fantastic.... best digging tool I've ever owned....turned a derelict allotment over in a weekend - better than a rotorvator. No wonder Africa runs on these things ! Adrian Arbib, Oxford

I should have got one years ago - I've just rough dug an allotment in an afternoon instead of two days. Mr R Colclough, Dagenham

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The Azada is brilliant, halves the work time, increases the tea-and-biscuits time!!   Mr Rob Jefford, Eastbourne.

Your tools & your service are superb. I would recommend you to anyone. Mr T Smith, Bexhill-on-Sea

As you probably know, this country is woefully short of allotments and an online petition has been started  to persuade the government to provide more, see the  address below:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/more-allotments/

Please add your name to this petition -  it only takes a few minutes and could benefit  many people who may get allotments as a result.

Heavy Duty Azada The "Big Beast" of the range. The all-terrain tool for really tough jobs with a heavyweight blade and extra stout handle. For really rough or hard ground, deep digging and trenching, clearing tree roots, stumps, large stones etc.
Blade Width 7.3". Blade Weight 3.3lbs. Handle 47"		Price: £28.00
Heavy Medium Azada A sturdy tool for general digging, cultivating, trenching,  ridging, ground clearance etc. A bit of extra weight in the blade makes this Azada a good choice for really hard ground,  heavy clay soils, thick matted turf etc.
Blade width 6.5" Blade Weight 2.80lbs Handle 47"		Price: £27.00
Medium Azada All round tools  suited for most jobs in the allotment or vegetable plot - ground preparation, trenching, hoeing, planting and ridging potatoes, clearing and levelling rough terrain. Will do most jobs done with a spade but faster, easier and with far less back strain.	Sorry, currently out of stock.
Blade Width 7" Blade Weight 2lbs Handle 47"		Price: £26.00
Pointed Azada The pointed blade makes this tool ideal for digging and cultivating ground which is very stony or very hard. Very effective for cleaning and loosening up hard packed gravel. Also useful for opening shallow narrow trenches and ridging.
Blade Width at Shoulder 8.5" Blade Weight 1.75lbs Handle 47"		Price: £26.00
Light Medium Azada All round tool for general use in the allotment/vegetable patch but perhaps on a smaller scale than the Medium Azadas or in narrower row spacing. Its size and manageability make this tool especially suitable for women and those happy to work at a gentler pace.
Blade Width 4.7" Blade Weight 1.76lbs Handle 47"		Price: £25.00
Pick Azada Medium sized Azada combined with a light pick. The acute blade angle of this tool makes it ideal for surface cultivation rather than for digging. The pick is useful for working in soil with very hard compacted spots, levering out biggish stones, bits of rubble, old roots etc.
Blade Width 5" Pick Width 2" Blade Weight 1.5 lbs Handle 47"		Price: £26.00
Lightweight Azadas (2 Models) Garden hoe and light mattock. Excellent for chopping weeds out of hard ground and gravel, cleaning between narrow rows of plants and in the border. Double prong serves as a cultivator and weeder - ideal for getting under problem weeds such as couch, nettles etc.
Blade Width 3"/4" Blade Weight 1.3lbs/1.7lbs Handle 47"		Price: £23.00/£24.00
Right Angled Fork Excellent for "deep ripping" and pulling up couch grass,  nettle beds etc "roots and all" from under the surface without chopping them up and thereby aggravating the infestation. Also very effective for ripping out bramble roots. The ideal tool for clearing virgin turf and matted, weed-infested land as well as surface cultivation and seed bed preparation.
Head width 4.5" Head weight 1.75lbs Handle 47"		Price: £25.00
Groundbreaker A big brute of a tool with a heavy head and great penetrative power. For  breaking up very hard, compacted ground and digging out large stones, heavy bramble infestations etc. Not a suitable tool for general work, digging, cultivating etc.
Head width 5.25" Head weight 3.8 lbs Handle 47"		Price: £29.00
Mattocks  (2 Models) For breaking up very hard ground and compacted pans, digging out large stones etc. Good for digging up tree roots with the small axe-like blade useful for cutting through the roots. The extra weight on a narrow blade gives great penetration into the ground. Not recommended for general digging and cultivating.

Blade Width  2.5"/3.3" Blade Weight 4.6lbs/5.5lbs Handle 47"		Price: £28.00/£29.00
Small Hand Azadas Sturdy weeders and tillers. Blade angle and shape designed to easily get under weeds and between plants. Excellent for weeding in the border and "scrabbling" to produce a fine tilth. Very effective in hard ground and the pointed Azada is a great little tool for weeding in hard packed gravel. The wide bladed tool is ideal for inter-row weeding.
Length of Handle 16", 15", 14" Weight 1lb, 1lb, 1.5lb Blade width 2.5", N/A, 6.75"		Price: £13.00/£14.00/£15.00
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Long Handled Spade For those (relatively few) jobs when you need a spade. Made of the same high quality solid forged steel as the Azadas, this spade has a long handle which results in less bending and reduced chance of backstrain. The double rivetted pointed blade facilitates entry into hard or stony ground.
Total Length 4' 2" Total weight 4.5lbs Blade across shoulder 7.25"		Price: £28.00
Long Handled Square Spade The lastest addition to the range, this spade shares the advantages of the  pointed model featured above. The handle is a bit longer and the spade is heavier due to the extra weight of the blade. Quite a "weighty" tool.
Total Length 4' 3" Total weight 6.0 lbs Blade across shoulder 7.50" Blade at cutting edge 6.40"		Price: £34.00
Extra Large Spade For those who like a really big spade. This spade has a large blade and a long extra stout handle. The blade is made of one piece pressed steel and this tool will suit those who want a big "Clint Eastwood" type spade - not a spade for whimps!
Total Length 5' 4" Total weight 5.4lbs Blade across shoulder 9.75"		Price: £28.00
Long Handled Digging Fork Tough solid forged head and stout long beech or eucalyptus  shaft. As with the spades, will suit those who like to avoid bending as far as possible and also like a bit of extra leverage.
Fork Width 7.5" Tine width 0.75" Fork Head Weight 2.75 lbs Total Length 4' 10"		Price: £28.00
Long Handled Muck Fork Apart from its obvious application for "mucking out" cattle yards etc, useful for shifting cut grass, brush and general clearing up around the garden and allotment.
Fork Width 8.25" Fork Head Weight 1.75 lbs Total Length 4' 11"		Price: £28.00
Pitchfork Traditional tools for pitching and moving sheaves or bales, spreading straw, hay, clearing brush, and general garden debris etc
Fork Width 6" Tine length 1' Fork Head Weight 1 lb Total Length 5'		Price: £27.00
Long Draw Fork/Crome In the old days these used to be used for pulling muck off the back of tumbrils and trailors in the field. A useful tool for raking down rough-dug and cloddy soil. Ideal for clearing long cut grass and other vegetation following scything and cutting. Also good for clearing vegetation from ditches and ponds. Effective too for breaking up round straw bales. Same high quality solid forged steel and beech or eucalyptus shaft as other tools.
Fork Width 8" Fork Head Weight 1.75 lbs Total Length 4' 3"		Price: £28.00
Scythes Blade made of hardened highest quality alloy steel with re-enforced rib for extra strength. Metal detachable snath (handle). Can be assembled/disassembled in a couple of minutes for easy transport. For those who prefer to cut grass with that satisfying rhythmical "swish" as opposed to more modern, noisy and polluting methods. L/H   =  Left Handed R/H  =  Right Handed Blade Length 20"/24" Blade Weight 1.25 lbs/1.50 lbs Handle Length 54"   Heavy Duty Scythe (Lower Blade in Picture) A bit of extra  weight on a short blade makes this  model very suitable for cutting thick brambles, undergrowth,  etc Blade Length 20" Blade Weight 1.75 lbs Handle Length 54"		Prices are for complete tool 20" L/H 20" R/H £49.00 £39.00 24" L/H 24" R/H £52.00 £41.00 Heavy Duty £41.00
Sickles Sturdy high quality traditional sickles or "hooks" as we call them in Norfolk. For cutting grass or brush and generally keeping the allotment or garden tidy.
Heavy Duty 1.10lb Medium 0.85lb Small 0.65lb		Price: £15.00/£14.00/£13.00
Long Handled Billhook/Slasher Hand-forged long handled  slasher. Heavy duty tool for clearing thick brambles, scrub, nettles  and general woody vegetation from  land and banks. Also for hedgework, trimming low branches, saplings etc.
Total Weight        4.1lbs Total Length        4' 3"		Price: £36.00
Curved  Slasher   As with the model above but with a curved blade.
Total Weight        4.0lbs Total Length        4' 1"		Price: £42.00

It goes into the soil and cuts the roots much better than any other spade I have tried. That spade is so useful and really well made. I have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone. Fred Walden of Fredshed, www.fredshed.co.uk, author of 2 books on tools and equipment for easier gardening. The spade cuts through everything and makes it really easy. It's great for precision work as well, especially when digging out dead plants like shrubs and small trees. Also great for digging holes in our clay soil for planting roses. Jonathan Black, Oxford Having searched all local sources without success, your website was the biggest 'find' you could make. Quite apart from your prompt delivery I am delighted and really do not know how I have managed all these years without the long handled tools, and particularly the spade!! With consumate ease I have dug so much more in a quarter of the time and with a minimum of effort. Interesting in this age of hi-technology that such a design, probably of centuries ago, should prove to be unbeatable!  Only frustrating that with constant rain I cannnot finish the job immediately - I have never been enthusiastic about digging before! Congratulations and take a bow for great service. Brian Williams, Cornwall.
Thank you for providing me with such an excellent spade (one long handled square spade ) which I bought from you recently. As a professional gardener I demand a lot from my tools to do a good job for both me and my customers and the said spade is really excellent for digging. The handle is just the right length in aiding me to stop my back from acheing at the end of a hard working day and cuts through the soil cleanly  leaving a clean hole . G. Woods. Geoff Woods Gardening Services.
The spade is terrific. I'm 5ft tall and utilising the principles of leverage find it very easy to use, even though I have a serious back problem. My husband , who is 6ft tall finds that he can turn over large swathes of my allotment very quickly and without the sore back which can come with the usual spade, particularly to tall people who have further to bend (he says). I have found all of the tools very helpful and your service friendly and efficient. Thank you. Lesley Viggars, Coventry
You asked for comments on tools bought from you. My husband bought a long handled fork some months ago now and has been meaning to write and comment but I suspect he never will get round to it! So I thought I would just let you know he says it's the best garden tool he has ever owned/used. Meg Jackson, County Fermanagh There's good news and bad news regarding my new long handled fork that I received from you on Thursday. The Good News is that it is fantastic and I wish I'd bought it 10 years ago as I might have avoided a slipped disc. It cuts into the soil with ease and the long handle allows me to move the soil without bending my back too far.The Bad News is that my trusty old Spear and Jackson fork is now redundant after many years of faultless service.Thanks very much for the speedy delivery. Mr D J Hurley, Cheshire Many thanks for your efficient and personal service. My Dad is delighted with the fork and I am delighted in seeing the garden being dug! M Martin, Ross-shire I wanted to let you know I received the garden fork at the weekend and am delighted with the product. I have found it very difficult to find a fairly lightweight long handled garden fork and I'm glad to say this is exactly what I was looking for. I suffer from back pain and gardening will now be a much easier task. The timely delivery was good and it was packed well - the only comment I would make is that it did take some time to find you on the Internet. I would recommend the product and the service. Gayle Jasper,    As promised, here is my report on using the long handled fork. It's excellent and a more - than - worthy successor to my old one! Having always used long - handled tools, I found the handle length to be just right while the size of the blade is neither too large or too small. The weight is ideal and the whole tool is well balanced. The fact that the handle is full thickness where it fits into the " ring " on the top of the blade - compared with the chamfered down and pointed end which fit into a socket on the Parke type tools - means that there is incredible strength in the tool too. All in all I'm absolutely delighted and the tool is a joy to use. I can't wait for the next time to use it !! Many thanks again for your first - class service and products. Peter Hunkin, Cornwall
I was looking at your tool list and my eye was taken by the right angled crome and the list of uses for it.   The only one I have ever seen in this country was owned by my father, and which he had made himself.   Basically it was a border fork with the tines bent half way along their length, at right angles.   He used this to make his seed beds.   To do this, he held the fork in front of him and would then dig over the ground to a depth of about 2 inches.   As he walked forward he would walk on the newly turned over soil.   He would then lightly rake the area and produce the most amazing tilth into which to plant his seeds.   I only discovered this a few years before he died.   Instead of showing me how it worked, he made me do it myself and it was on a clay based soil and it still produced a fine tilth,   The fork vanished when he died and I never got around to making one for myself.  Not so necessary now that work on raised beds.   You might like to try it and pass the information on.   Alan Free,   West Wales
The scythe was just what we needed, our horses are now enjoying home made hay and the nettles have met their match! Thank you for quick service too. Wendy Cook I recently purchased a 24" scythe and a heavy azada from you on behalf of the allotment association - we're very happy with the acquisitions, great alternatives to powered tools as we're trying to keep noise to a minimum in the evenings - we're surrounded by residential housing and frankly the sound of a 2 stroke whineing away gets a bit wearing of a summer evening. I gave the scythe a quick run out on my overgrown back garden (I was dreading getting the B&D strimmer out on it and knackering my wrist), in 10 minutes I'd taken it down to a height the mower could cope with. Brilliant, I'm a convert! D Tucker, Oxford We have been using your scythes for a number of years now with our core of conservation volunteers and may I say that after fifteen years of working in nature conservation I have not been able to source a more robust or practical  item of equipment, they just keep going and going under the hardest of use. We have trailed many other types and they just don’t make the grade as far a quality, longevity and value are concerned. It is  reassuring to know that suppliers still exist that can provide good quality equipment at a fair price. Richard Payne, Conservation/Ranger Supervisor , City of London, Open Spaces Dept I bought a scythe from you a few days ago and I just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with it. It manages to combine lightness, balance and strength very effectively and the blade is excellent. Despite not having used a scythe in earnest for almost 40 years, I managed in a couple of hours to clear all the overgrown mixture of grass, weeds and brambles on the piece of set-aside land at the end of our garden. The result is that we now have a beautiful view over the fields again. My only regret is that in my enthusiasm to get started I forgot to take a picture and without the "before" there is no point in showing you the "after" - sorry! F. Chalmers, Blakeney, Norfolk The scythe I purchased from you last year met all my expectations and was very satisfying to use. It seemed more appropriate to use a traditional tool for cutting a wildflower garden. No noise, no pollution from fumes, good excercise and in harmony with the surroundings. Brilliant! Thank you for your excellent service and best wishes for your business. Tony Cookson, Preston
I used the sickle yesterday for cropping the sides of my allotment paths. It is a very good and substantial tool for which I thank you. E. Norman, Coventry
Just to say my slasher arrived quickly and safely and has already been put to good use on the allotment clearing bramble briars. It is heavier than I expected but that is no bad thing since it's clearly sturdy and I hope will give years of good service - and maybe at the tender age of 70 my arm muscles will benefit a bit from wielding it! The blade is clearly a good one and makes short work of the briars which have needed tackling for several years. Thank you for such prompt service. Barry West.