Spear & Jackson 3040KEW Kew Gardens Collection Stainless Steel Rockery Trowel, Blue

Bought this product to use in heavily compacted and degraded soils. These soils are so difficult that most tools (including other shovels/trowels) I've tried are stopped within the top two inches, even with a hammer or an adult woman's full body weight. This trowel works incredibly well and nearly effortlessly as it is very strong, very sturdy, very sharp!

Just got to use this at the weekend. Wonderful. Wish I'd had one years ago. Allows deep soil extraction without a large surface area. Super for long roots of young seedlings.

Best tool ever! Every year I buy tulip bulbs when the weather is good and planting seems easy. Then when it’s time to plant them (now) it’s bleak and freezing and the ground is hard as iron. This new tool got me out there. And made a hard job easier. Less effort to make a smaller deeper incision. More energy efficient. Sharp and perfectly designed. In investment. In your garden. And in you.

5th second of use (the 1st weed) - the metal ring of the handles comes off. 20th second of use (the 3rd weed) - the blade gets bent in half. I’m doing my best straightening it back. 50th second of use ( the 4th weed) - the blade bends again in the same place (the metal is too soft now). 60th second - the weeder goes into the bin, the weed stays. For the money paid I’m extremely disappointed.

This is my new favourite planting tool. I love that it has a measuring gauge for bulbs. I was originally looking for a widger, but this is better for transplanting seedlings. It is very sturdy and the sharp tip makes digging out weeds in hard soil much easier. It also feels nice to use, the wooden handle is comfortable and has a good ergonomic balance with the metal. It seems very sturdy, although I haven’t been using it long.

This has become my go to tool for weeding. Its only disadvantage is unlike a Wolf weeding tool it camouflages very easily in well mulched beds because it has a lovely wooden handle.