Dibber Garden Tool Seed Planter Tool T-Handle for Making Holes Planting Small Seedling Modules and Bulbs Sowing Bigger Seeds Smaller Bulb Transplanting Seedling Plugs Garden Wooden Seed Planting Tool

This is one high-quality garden instrument. It's well made and looks like it will last a lifetime--the joints from wood to metal are tightly formed and the "neck" part where the handle meets the spade is substantial. I've had trowels in the past that over time and with use break down, but this does not appear to be one of those. The handle is solid wood, and while not ergonomic, still feels comfortable in the hand. The spade part is smooth to the touch, but sharp enough to cut through packed dirt. This piece was made to last!

Very light. A must have garden tool for Gardener.

I got this Eadwiella garden hand trowel both for planting and for digging out holes around my sprinkler heads when they need repair. Most of the soil around our house is either clay or rocky. Either way, I need a heavy-duty, strong trowel whose shaft won't bend when I use my maximum strength. It goes without saying that the blade also needs to be strong enough not to bend (oops, I just said it!). In addition, for my applications I need the blade to be wide enough to remove a fair amount of soil with each plunge (some trowel blades are only 1.5-2" wide; this one is 3-3/8" at its wide end). This trowel should satisfy all these requirements.Since I won't be using this much until the spring, I compared it with another similar size and shape heavy-duty trowel that I bought from Amazon 4.5 years ago, the Edwards Tools Bend-Proof Garden Trowel (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N297HU0/). The Edwards weighs about 10.4 oz and the Eadwiella is actually lighter at 9.5 oz. The Edwards has a heavy, molded rubber handle, while the Eadwiella's is nice-looking wood that weighs a lot less. Hence the difference in balance as can be seen in the image. Both have strong stainless steel blades and shafts, but the Eadwiella's appears to be about 30-40% thicker. The Eadwiella claims "Ergonomic design handle: The sturdy wooden handle with cylindrical shape offer the best grip ... more comfortable and easier to hold." But the Edwards handle, being molded rubber, actually has a nice indent where you can put your thumb for digging with maximum power.The main reason I compared this product with the Edwards was to get an idea of how the Eadwiell's durability might compare with something that for 4.5 years has been exposed to the user's abuse and to the elements while "stored" outdoors in a bucket with other tools, getting a lot of dirt and water on it. Nothing on the Edwards has rusted, it hasn't bent in the slightest, and the rubber handle hasn't gotten sticky like some cheap tool handles do. However, the oval Edwards logo plate has fallen off the back of the handle leaving an exposed rivet that could be a scratch hazard in handling. I expect the Eadwiella's blade and shaft to wear just as well, with no bending or rusting. The Eadwiella's logo is embossed into the wood and won't fall off. But the wood handle could be a problem if stored in a very wet environment. While its surface is nicely lacquered, there may be entry points for moisture at the shaft hole and the string hole, I just don't know.I asked my wife her impressions as a strictly gardening user of the Eadwiella. Her immediate reaction was just like many other reviewers: "Strong, well made." She liked the big scoop and the shape of its tip -- one that would dig but wasn't so pointed or sharp as to be hazardous. She thought the wood looked nice.Before doing this review, I never thought there were so many things to consider when buying a gardening tool. The Eadwiella deserves 5 stars, but there are other 5-star choices (like the Edwards) to consider based on their pros and cons and what's important to you.

Quick Summary: Well-balanced, smaller profile soil scoop handy for general potting tasksDescription and Comments:This is my second soil scoop and, in comparison, this scoop is an overall smaller profile to the first (from a different manufacturer). That being said, each tool has its benefits in the garden.If you have ever found yourself frustrated and at odds between using a trowel and a shovel when handling potting soil and amendments in pots, planters, and garden beds, then consider the soil scoop.The soil scoop is a hand tool specifically designed for shoveling materials in and out of discrete areas, and lifting smaller volumes of light to heavy materials in doing soIt is particularly useful in gardening for mixing smaller batches of potting soil, including those of us that mix our own potting/planter soil like mad scientists (insert evil laugh here). Using a shovel here is often overkill and using a trowel is a lesson is frustration (because a trowel’s strength is really in its precision leverage, not in moving volumes of material).I use the soil scoop equally well in scooping up base potting mix, perlite (good example of the most lightweight material), as well as ground rock amendments (e.g., glacial rock dust for trace minerals, sand for plants with sharp drainage requirements).With these materials piled onto a potting mat or a couple of overlapping repurposed potting soil bags, you can season up the pile for the targeted plants before mixing it all (again with the soil scoop), and beginning your potting endeavor. For example, seasoning at this point might be adding some natural amendments for the target plants (e.g., blueberry plants, raspberry vines) that prefer soil with higher acidity.When you need to pot or repot plants, the soil scoop is ever helpful for moving pot contents into and precisely around a plant. The soil scoop particularly shines for this task for pots from 5 gallons down to around 6 inches, in contrast to a shovel which lacks the precision and finesse for hand work in plants in smaller pots. For larger pots, like 7 gallons on up, or for planters and raised beds, I find the soil scoop comes in handy for finish work in the top layers of these containers. For really smaller pots, like 2 inch to 4 inch, you might opt to mix with your soil scoop (or a shovel, if you’re working in volume) but pot everything up with your hands, as I do.

Quick Summary: Good general purpose garden trowel, with one observationDescription and Comments:This tool is a nice, heavy general purpose garden trowel made of stainless steel, wood handle (I assume that it is pine), and a leather loop for hanging in the tool shed or garage.The wood handle is emblazoned with the Eadwiella brand name. The blade of the trowel is the wider type, intended for general purpose tasks of lifting items as well as tasks of digging and levering up soil.The handle is good sized and proportioned, easy to grip for a medium to large size hand. The overall design and angling of the trowel is appropriate to its task. The tool appears to be well-made and sturdy.The only observation that I have regarding the trowel is that its blade seems a bit thick and heavy in proportion to the rest of the tool, making it feel noticeably imbalanced in the hand. This should not affect the use of the tool, but you will definitely notice it when you initially pick it up. In general, I have found other Eadwiella tools to be well balanced, so the manufacture of this trowel was a bit surprising.