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A garden fork, spading fork, or digging fork (in the past also an asparagus fork, the same name as a very different utensil) is a gardening implement, with a handle and a square-shouldered head featuring several (usually four) short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over in gardening and farming, and not to be confused with the , a similar tined tool used for moving (or throwing) loose materials such as , , , and .


Uses
A garden fork is used similarly to a in loosening and turning over soil. Its tines allow it to be pushed more easily into the ground, and it can rake out stones and weeds and break up clods, it is not so easily stopped by stones, and it does not cut through weed or root-crops. Garden forks were originally made of wood, but the majority are now made of forged carbon steel or .


Types
Reflecting their differing uses, garden forks have shorter, flatter, thicker, and more closely spaced tines than pitchforks. They have comparatively a fairly short, stout, usually wooden handle, typically with a D- or T-shaped grab at the end.

A smaller version of such forks with shorter, closer-spaced, thinner tines (but a full-sized handle) is known as a border fork or ladies' fork, and is used for lighter work, such as weeding amongst other plants. Forks with broader, flatter tines are made for lifting and other root crops from the ground. A pair of forks back-to-back may used to apart dense clumps of roots.


See also


Sources
  • (Trans. from Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, 19 March 1921.)
  • (2025). 9781429013567, Applewood Books. .

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