Spring is time to unleaf garlic’s winter mulch. Green shoots are up. The hand width narrow fishtail easily does the job lifting and tossing mulch aside. Getting into spaces hand size. Fine cleanup grasping with a gloved left hand and right hand holding the spade – like salad claws.

Garlic with winter mulch
Garlic without winter mulch
Fishtail spade lifting and tossing winter mulch covering garlic. For fine cleanup, the spade in right hand and gloved left hand act like salad claws.