Anyone know where to get a Broadfork? The 24-36" wide kind?

[setter4]

It's kind of like a digging fork, except it's much wider, with tines every 4 inches. The two handles on either side are tall and rather then bending over and lifting with your back and arms like you would a digging fork, you simply step into the crossbar and move it back and forth in one motion with your hands. I can use it for an hour without feeling tired. You use it instead of a rototiller -- I go back and forth on the bed then do it again perpendicular. It aerates and breaks up the soil without "turning it over" and is supposed to keep the soil loose without breaking the desireable soil structure.
If you know anyone who has one try it.

Sounds great instead of over tilling the soil...

 

[JohnL11935]

Search YouTube for "Broadfork." (I can't - I'm at work and its blocked!)

I recall seeing a few videos on there demonstrating how its used.


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nice info .. thanks .. i dont know this tool, looks handy, but i only have a area 4 feet by 10 .. i wonder could i (ok, my husband) make one to scale for me and my garden area? .. well, thanks sharing the info!