We recommend the planting spade with short handle from Sneeboer not only, but above all, for working in narrow, densely planted beds. A cross between a spade and a flower trowel, it can be used for a variety of purposes, such as loosening the soil, digging out roots or preparing planting holes. Advantage: The pointed blade, which is slightly sharpened at the edges, makes it easy to cut through even (thinner) roots and work firmly compacted soil.

For over 100 years, the family of West Frisian blacksmith Jaap Sneeboer has been supplying their Dutch fellow citizens, who are known to be constantly busy with farming, dyke construction and horticulture, with the tools they need. Sneeboer uses two different stainless steels for his traditional Frisian horticultural tools in stainless steel: a higher-alloyed, tougher one for the springs and spouts of the handle holder and a lower-alloyed, more forgeable one for the actual functional parts. The individual structural elements are welded together and then ground and polished. All operations are carried out by hand.