Showing posts with label digging tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digging tools. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Intermediate sized un-breakable broad fork

Pictured here is the new 6 tine broad fork.
The 10" heat treated unbreakable tines are spaced 4.5" apart. With the unbreakable aircraft quality tubular steel handles, digging rocks out of your garden becomes a much easier job.
This garden work horse is stronger and more durable than wooden handled broad forks that bend in heavier soils and lighter weight than other all steel broad forks.
Using a broad fork (or U bar digger as some call it) to cultivate the garden, rather than the usual D Handle fork or spade makes spring garden digging stress free and actually enjoyable.
Available at: WayCoolTools.com

Monday, February 6, 2012

Broadfork: made in the USA

The Ultimate Broadfork- Made in the USA!
A human powered rototiller.

We've had many requests for a Broadfork, and without further ado: here it is! We have collaborated with WW Manufacturing and consulted with Eliot Coleman on the design of this powerful garden tool. Constructed with extra strong, heat treated steel blades and aircraft quality, lightweight, tubular steel handles. The 7 tines are 10" long and tapered to a point. Overall it is 60" tall and 27" wide, yet weighs only 15 lbs.
The size allows you to deep till a 30" wide bed in one pass, improving tilth without disturbing soil structure. Perfectly designed to maintain your double dug beds in a fraction of the time (and effort) it takes to re-tilth with a digging fork.
It's very easy and stable to stand on this tool and use your weight and gravity to move the blades through the soil. An all body workout similar to a rowing machine, but you are outside listening to birdsong and feeling the sunshine as you "work" :-)
We will post a video soon, when the soil here dries out a bit, of the broadfork in action.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Clarington Forge



We are pleased to offer the Clarington Forge brand of classic English garden tools, hand made in England. These are the tools originally called Bulldog and marketed by Smith & Hawken back when they were still an independent company.
These tools are the standard by which all other garden tools are measured. The Digging Fork and Digging Spade were invented by the Cistercian monks craftsmen at what is now called Clarington Forge in Lancashire over 800 years ago! All tools are manufactured using a unique specification steel which results in exceptionally strong tool heads with the flexibility to absorb all the shock and pressure of hard work, without distorting or breaking.
The ash handles are strong and beautifully crafted, and replaceable if that ever becomes necessary.
If you are a serious gardener or landscaper, do yourself the favor of owning these classic tools. Perfect for planting, tilthing, double digging and all the necessary garden chores that become a pleasure when using the right tools.
See our website for current prices and more information.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Eat the View! Obama vegetable garden



It is so exciting to see an edible landscape being created at the White House! I would love to have all that help in our little garden here :-)
It is a national movement of great importance: teach a man to garden and feed him, his family and neighbors for a lifetime!
Garden tools that last and get the job done are important too! We have a line of steel tools made in the USA of US steel that will never bend or break under normal use. Or our Brook and Hunter oak and steel tools that carry a LIFETIME replacement guarantee!
See more at our website: www.waycooltools.com

Alice Waters, featuring Brook and Hunter tools!!


Watch CBS Videos Online

The whole local/grow your own food movement seems to be nosing it's way into the mainstream! We were excited to see Brook and Hunter stainless steel digging forks and spades make an appearance in the Edible Schoolyard segment of this 10 minute video. (around the 9 minute mark) They look great, and it's good to see they are pretty easily handled by the children. When your kids are outgrowing their colorful kids tools, why not invest in their future? A beautiful set of heirloom quality digging tools from Brook and Hunter and WayCoolTools.com makes a fantastic Spring season gift!