Achieve green thumb status and a bountiful crop with the best garden fork. This guide reviews today's top gardening tools.

Step-by-Step Double digging was developed in the 1960s and ’70s by organic gardening ... Each spring, loosen the upper surface of the bed with a digging fork and enrich with the soil with fresh ...

Dandelions are pulled out unbroken if a spading fork has probed around them. The digging fork, a similar tool with flattened tines, is the best one for prying out root crops such as carrots.

It’s good for both digging and breaking up clods of soil. You can also use a digging fork (instead of buying a separate, longer-tined pitchfork) for turning compost and heaping mulch into the ...

To divide irises, use a digging fork to gently lift the plants out of ... during which time she developed two onion varieties. She is now the sole proprietor of From the Garden, a market garden ...

Some plants are easier to divide than others. Plants that grow from bulbs or fleshy roots can be gently uprooted with a digging fork. If the ground is difficult to dig, deep water and wait a few ...

Retired librarian Bryon Barnes, right, comes from a long line of professional gardeners who all used the fork and rake. He inherited the rust-free pair from his father Raymond, and they were ...