Quality Gardening Tools

[MF2604h]

I have a Razorback Shovel with the fiberglass handle. Very strong and rugged. I have a lawn care and landscaping business so I use it all the time. I can jump on it and put it through roots. I got mine from Home Depot. It cost a little more but well worth it.

 

[CADplans]

I will never buy a wood handled tool,, of any sort,,

only fiberglass for me,,

 

[Ford850]

You might check out this place:

Lehman's Hardware Store | Order Online

I have a couple of their Amish made hoes. They have high quality thin blades that slice the soil easily for weeding.

 

[Doofy]

I dislike all manual labor tools and that is why I bought a TLB.

 

[buck12]

Ames and Fiskars and Corona for me. (not Corona Virus or beer either.:laughing:

Fiskars makes great stuff. I have one of their pole pruners, axe, extendable limb saw, several of the loppers, and my wife has several of the hand pruners. All quality tools. Do they make hoes, shovels, etc.?

 

[buck12]

Lowes - Kobalt brand looks solid point of origin unknown

Just last week, my BIL was helping me with a trenching project. He had a Kobalt shovel and it really felt like a quality tool.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Hmmm. Almost every hand garden tool I have is probably 50 to 100 years old. I have picked them up at flea markets, inherited from my Dad, found on road dead or left by visiting plumbers. I have a couple of fiberglass handled manure forks (yeah, the first one is broken) and a mattock I bought maybe 30 years ago. I even have an old Yo-Yo and a grubbin' hoe I got from my Dad. The old garden hoe I have is well worn, and was that way when I got it 50 or so years ago. My old double bladed axe handle (that I replaced) was stamped "Western Auto". It was a gift from a co-worker about 1975; he was using it too close to a close line, and ended up almost decapitating himself.

 

[Spindifferent]

These are the absolute best tools I've ever used:

Gardening | Rogue Hoe Distributing, LLC

HIGHLY recommend and worth every penny!

 

[4570Man]

I dislike all manual labor tools and that is why I bought a TLB.

Same here. I still end up doing a little shoveling but I’ve found the ace hardware brand tools to be pretty decent for the amount I use them. Someone mentioned Kobalt brand being good. I guess they’re sturdy but the steel handle is too heavy. I’d rather have a wood handle anytime.

 

[Oaktree]

So to repeat the OP's question; where can I buy a decent digging spade, preferably USA made? (Actually the Ames spade from the link above me might be worth looking into... if I can find one.)

Do you have an Agway near you? I've had good luck with shovels, rakes, hoes, etc. from there.