Here’s a quick summary of when and where you’ll want to use the various Corona Tools available in-store at Harvey’s Homestead Supply.
Shovels
- Drainage Spade – The spade digs deep holes and trenches. Often used for planting trees and shrubs. It is available with a long handle or a shorter D-grip version. In hard dirt we often reach for the spade first.
- Trench Shovel – The aggressive angle and offset are designed for getting dirt up and out of a deep hole or trench. This heavy duty tool can take the abuse, so it gets used for all sorts of other “off label” tasks too.
- Round Point Shovel – This is your classic, all purpose, use it anywhere shovel.
- Square Point Shovel – For moving loose materials such as gravel, or when working on a flat surface such as cleaning stalls.
- Western Scoop / Grain Scoop – Use this to efficiently moving large quantities of loose lightweight loose materials.
Hoes
- McLeod Hoe – A versatile workhorse of a tool that can be used for raking, scraping, grubbing and tamping. This is an essential addition to your homestead.
- Stirrup Hoe / Scuffle Hoe – This hoe has a blade that rocks back and forth to create the proper angle for easy weeding on both the front stroke and the back stroke. Those who try it swear by it.
- Garden Hoe – A go-to tool for general weeding and cultivating.
- Eye Hoe / Grub Hoe – Heavy duty tool for digging and breaking earth. This is the hoe you use when your “soil” is still “dirt”.
- Diamond Hoe – Designed for precision weeding in hard to reach areas.
- Serrated Weeding Hoe – Similar use to the Diamond Hoe, but a little heavier duty.
Rakes
- Level Head Rake – Fantastic for spreading, leveling, and smoothing around the garden. The level head also works well to gently tamp broadcast seeds into the soil.
- Bow Head Rake – This traditional style rake has countless uses, such as the normal moving or spreading of garden materials, leveling, preparing seed beds, etc.
- Landscape Rake – Use this for grading or leveling large areas. It also does nice work removing rocks from an area.
Forks
- Digging Fork – Loosens soil to prepare for planting. Also aerates without destroying plants or soil life.
- Refuse Fork / Potato Fork – Designed for harvesting potatoes and other root vegetables. Also comes in handy for flipping a compost pile by pulling it from the top.
- Manure Fork – For moving dense materials like manure or compost. This is our go-to fork when working the compost piles.
- Ensilage Fork – The first choice when moving silage, hay, wood chips, or straw.
- Broadfork – A two handled beast of a fork designed for loosening soil to increase water absorption and oxygenation without destroying soil life. Many people opt for the broadfork when transitioning to no-till growing methods.