12th June 2013, 07:22 PM
Quote:This is not just personal preference
It is in a way.. otherwise you are suggesting I - and many others have been crazy whackadoodles all our careers. in teh wrong hands ant teh wrong time the mattock is an item of mass destruction - however. I have seen people destroy with nothing more than a trowel or leafblade --- the practioner should be aware of teh required tool, which is what you are suggesting. I would never use a mattock to move soft soil now, a krafser is the one for me, I would never use a spade to dig a posthole, neither would I dig a ditch with a leafblade.
We all agree on one thing... the English hoe is suited only for the garden. the drag hoe is the one ... being a hoer all my life
