[70times7]

My family had a rather big garden when I was growing up. A neighbor who was perhaps in his 60s in the early 70's told us to use a pitch fork (short "D" handle w/ 5 tines) to turn over the dirt.

He was a proud Irishman, and knew what it meant to do things the "old fashioned" way. As a young man he worked as a blacksmith. Back then he and his wife were still keeping chickens for eggs and a cow for dairy.

I suspect he knew what he was talking about. That's what we used and it worked well. Not sure how good your luck will be finding one though, the one we used was his and was probably already and antique then.

[dforest]

Thanks. I do think pitchforks could be making a comeback very soon!