Medieval garden tools

Hand -forged iron forks sometimes called spade forks, are for pulling out roots or harvesting vegetables such as beets. The horizontal wood or iron elements at the top of the fork heads support the pressure of the gardener's foot.

Certain technological developments singlehandedly pushed the growth of population across the whole of the continent.

Vintage corn knife lot (lot of four) from a farm estate here in Wisconsin, showing age and wear from use - these have some nicks to the blades, and very worn and weathered handles.

Rusty Vintage Garden Shovel- still lots of life left in it after all these years!

old vintage spade ? from

Traditionally, Māori were essentially an agricultural people, with a large portion of their time and attention being given to cultivation.

Made from oak staves, with an iron handle. Bound with modern hazel withies and pegs

Wojsławice Arboretum

Hedge clippers came in a variety of shapes and sizes. The hand-forged iron blades could be wide or thin, long or short. Because of their weight, they required considerable strength on the part of the gardeners, who worked all day long, sometimes in acrobatic positions. The local blacksmiths who forged these sharp tools found it difficult to make the handles and blades proportionate, which explains the haphazard, rather ungainly look of some of the clippers.

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