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How to dig with less effort
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Dig faster than a shovel...WITH LESS EFFORT
A major advantage of the long handled grub hoe is that you can dig faster than using a shovel or spade –
with less effort, less strain, less pain. This ergonomic tool is truly the easy way to dig.
How can digging with an grub hoe actually be easier than digging with a shovel or spade?
Because you stand in the ergonomically-correct upright position when using our long handled digging tools,
the short swing and pull movement of the grub hoe results in less effort than the stomp-pry-bend-lift
movements used when shoveling.
Read what these people from around the world had to say about how a grubbing hoe (called an
Azada in Europe) lets you dig with less effort and less muscle strain...
"...the one tool that we couldn’t manage without is an Azada or Digging hoe. The tool of choice throughout
much of the world, we use the azada to dig, clear land, make trenches, mix concrete and do just about
anything else you can imagine short of making the tea. "
- Real Seeds 2005 Newsletter
"The Azada is a digging tool that has a blade at right angles to the handle, providing an alternative to a
spade. A swinging motion is used to break into and loosen the soil, putting less strain on the back."
- Lucy Andrews at Disability Now
"The action of Azadas is very different from that of the conventional spade. They use a swinging action
which, if required, allows a considerable amount of force to be applied, greatly reduce bending and involve
the use of muscle groups much less concentrated in the lower back. Azadas can be used for most of the jobs
traditionally done with a spade including digging, hoeing and cultivating, trenching, ridging up potatoes etc
and some people claim to be able to work up to three or four times as fast with them. Also, people with a
disability such as hip problems and arthritis for whom bending is painful if not impossible often find this type
of tool much easier to work with."
- Simon Drummond at Smallholder
A major advantage of the long handled grub hoe is that you can dig faster than using a shovel or spade –
with less effort, less strain, less pain. This ergonomic tool is truly the easy way to dig.
How can digging with an grub hoe actually be easier than digging with a shovel or spade?
Because you stand in the ergonomically-correct upright position when using our long handled digging tools,
the short swing and pull movement of the grub hoe results in less effort than the stomp-pry-bend-lift
movements used when shoveling.
Read what these people from around the world had to say about how a grubbing hoe (called an
Azada in Europe) lets you dig with less effort and less muscle strain...
"...the one tool that we couldn’t manage without is an Azada or Digging hoe. The tool of choice throughout
much of the world, we use the azada to dig, clear land, make trenches, mix concrete and do just about
anything else you can imagine short of making the tea. "
- Real Seeds 2005 Newsletter
"The Azada is a digging tool that has a blade at right angles to the handle, providing an alternative to a
spade. A swinging motion is used to break into and loosen the soil, putting less strain on the back."
- Lucy Andrews at Disability Now
"The action of Azadas is very different from that of the conventional spade. They use a swinging action
which, if required, allows a considerable amount of force to be applied, greatly reduce bending and involve
the use of muscle groups much less concentrated in the lower back. Azadas can be used for most of the jobs
traditionally done with a spade including digging, hoeing and cultivating, trenching, ridging up potatoes etc
and some people claim to be able to work up to three or four times as fast with them. Also, people with a
disability such as hip problems and arthritis for whom bending is painful if not impossible often find this type
of tool much easier to work with."
- Simon Drummond at Smallholder
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