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Category: Fishtail models

Garlic unleafed by fishtail spade

March 6, 2026 /

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.

Fishtales: wide and narrow

March 11, 2023 /
Wide and narrow fishtail models.
Narrow and wide fishtail spade models. Head view

Wide and narrow fishtail models

Lighter, more agile and precise, the narrower fishtail model has taken over as the preferred size from the wide model (aka Blossom). Lack of rust attests to amount of recent use. A 14% weight reduction from 1308 g / 2.9 lbs (original wide) to 1122 g / 2.5 lbs (narrow). Front edge 6″ and 4″ , throats 4″ and 3″, respectively.  The narrow fishtail’s feels is more like a canoe paddle that forms and sculpts the earth.

Full length view of the 2 models

Narrow and wide fishtail spade models. Full length view.
Narrow and wide fishtail spade models

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