Garden Mattocks

Garden mattocks are powerful and heavy-duty digging tools used for cutting and chopping compacted soil, rocks, and roots when using a shovel proves to be difficult. For centuries, garden mattocks have remained invaluable tools in garden and land care as they effectively function as a combination of a pick and an adze.

Applications in Gardening

Breaking Ground: When planting a garden bed in a spot where there has been no cultivation, or where there has been disuse, mattocks are unparalleled in their effectiveness in breaking up hard ground and severing stubborn weed or plant roots.

Rocky Soil - The pick head loosens stones that are dug into soil with ease so that gardening can be done on soil that shovel handles would only bounce off.

Root Removal - This adze blade can be used efficiently for cutting thick roots on trees, removing established shrubs, and clearing overgrown vegetation.

Trenching in Hard Soils - In trenching for irrigation and drainage in clay soils or rocky ground, a mattock can be used to breach the hard ground before completing the job with a shovel.

Landscaping Projects: Mattocks are extremely helpful in terracing hilly areas or in the foundation of retaining walls or any kind of earth-moving work.

Picking the Proper Mattock

There are various weights and handle sizes of mattocks. Heavier ones have more striking power but take more strength to handle. Longer handle mattocks have more striking power but need more space to swing. Talk to our experts for DIY advice and construction project knowledge. Canterbury Timber offers competitive Trade Prices on Timber and Building Supplies.

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