Spades and Shovels are an essential equipment for everyday gardening work, for digging, edging, aerating or breaking up soil and general garden maintenance. However, the strapped socket and raised rivets on the shaft snag on hands when lifting and turning the earth, and testers felt the treads were too narrow to stop slipping on wet muddy digs.

Whatever your age, whatever your lifestyle, you can garden and cultivate for longer in the fresh air and the lovely outdoors with tools designed to give you maximum comfort and enjoyment. Traditional wood is strong, heavy and absorbs shock and vibrations but it does not like the wet unless weatherproofed. The Burgon and Ball RHS Endorsed Ladies Groundbreaker Spade is a super tough, good looking spade with pointed sharpened head for significantly easier digging and a FSC ash handle with comfortable ‘Y’ grip. The Burgon and Ball RHS Endorsed Ladies Groundbreaker Spade is a super tough spade with pointed sharpened head for significantly easier digging and a FSC ash handle with comfortable ‘Y’ grip.When it comes to handles, the YD design offers good grip and versatility but can be uncomfortable for small or larger hands. Overall, a spade is an essential tool for any gardener or landscaper, and its versatility makes it a valuable addition to any tool collection. Founded in 1898, the family-owned toolmaker combines old-fashioned quality and craftsmanship with innovative design to create superior tools that last a lifetime. Wide comfort treads at the top of the blade prevent any discomfort for feet, allowing you to really dig deep. The shaft and YD handle are crafted from FSC hardwood but the strapped socket and the rivets that attach it to the shaft catch on the handle occasionally when lifting plants or soil.

The spade should be held close to your body for control and to limit the amount you have to lean towards it to dig. Each tool is handmade one at a time from hardened stainless steel and fitted with a special Ash hardwood handle that has been contoured to be smaller a diameter where you hands grasp the handle.

The stainless steel head is rust-resistant with wide comfort treads at the top of the blade to prevent any discomfort to feet, allowing you to dig deep.

After each use, clean soil off the blade and handle as it can cause carbon steel to rust and wood to rot.

This Dutch made, hand crafted spade has a solid forged carbon steel blade and socket, and an oiled hardwood ash handle and shaft.

This Garden Life Digging Spade has been specially crafted for you to make the rewarding pursuit of growing your own crops more accessible. This garden spade is slightly smaller than our digging spade, making it ideal for digging in confined spades, or for gardeners who prefer to work with a shorter, lighter-weight tool.Our stainless steel small Groundbreaker spade is endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, perhaps the ultimate accolade in gardening. You’ll find that this garden workhorse is great for so many gardening chores including turning your soil, mixing amendments into your soil and planting or transplanting trees and shrubs. These ladies garden tools are lighter weight without sacrificing strength and have specially contoured handles for smaller hands. The rust-resistant stainless steel blade is fastened to an FSC-certified ash shaft with a strapped socket, adding a flex point so the spade can withstand heavier work. This beautiful, handmade spade has a stainless steel blade with an integral FSC ash shaft and Y handle.