Joseph Enterprises Garden Claw

Every now and again a new product's launched that, after owning it for a while, makes you wonder how on earth you ever managed without it. Ok, this particular product hasn't made the sort of impact on my life that electric light had on my grandmother or the automatic washing machine had on my dear ol' mum but for those who are partial to a spot of gardening, the Garden Claw's certainly a worthwhile addition to the tool shed. Before I go further, let it be said that our version of the garden claw is NOT the original by Joseph Enterprises, but a cheaper version by 'The Kent Collection', whoever they may be. I saw a trolley load of ...

The Joseph Garden Claw is a tool designed to cultivate soil. By twisting the claw into the ground and pulling out, it breaks the surface leaving weeds exposed for easy removal. In theory this is a good idea and should work well, but in practice, unless you have soil that is more compost like then you are likely to struggle with the task. Less able bodied or older gardeners may find the Garden Claw of benefit because you use it in the standing position, so there is not too much bending involved, I personnaly found it of little use in my garden of slightly clay soil. So be aware conditions have to be good for this tool to perform well. ...

Allthough I take nothing away from the idea of the garden claw, the advertising for it really disgusts me. The Garden claw is a very usefull peice of gardening equipment. The idea of it is to take the strain out of turning up soil. Its claw design means you can twist the fork into the soil rather than have to push into the ground. The idea is sound and I'm sure that it helps out in some situations, but the advert allways shows either soft soil or the fork allready in the hard ground. trying to use the garden claw in very hard and dry soil can be just as hard if not harder than using a normal every day fork. The mini claw on the other hand I think ...