mattock
A waist-high tool with a metal head consisting of a horizontal blade with one end twisted as a dull axe and the other end flat or pointed. It is used for breaking hard soil, digging roots, and other heavy work.
Mattock
Breaking up the soil can be very difficult in clay situations, and working around established trees can leave you frustrated with the roots. The right tool for both jobs is a mattock.
Mattocks are handy tools that can break up difficult soil, including clay. A hand tool that is something like a pick ax, a mattock has a double-sided head that can take the place of pick and hoe. Mattocks can also work around roots.
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Mattock. If you have to tear out old, established plantings, you'll learn to love the mattock. It both chops and pries out old root systems.
Pick and Mattock
The pick and mattock is for serious digging through hard packed soil and clay.
Use the pick mattock to chop out as many of the the roots that remain in the hole and the immediate area in which you may want to plant other things, then fill the hole with the dirt that was previously removed.
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Some other tools that may have a place in the garden tool shed include the pickax, mattock, and wheel cultivator. Pickaxes are used to break up extremely hard-packed or stony soil.
So a few years ago in late summer I grubbed out a long trench two feet deep and wide, using a mattock and prybar.
To propagate, divide the rhizome. But use a sharp mattock or spade to divide it. These plants will grow anywhere, but they like moisture and fertile soil or lots of compost around them.
Gourd Birdhouse - Step 1
Growing a birdhouse begins with the gourd. To plant, use your hoe or mattock to loosen the soil, incorporate any amendments or fertilizers, and raise a mound measuring 6-8 inches tall and 18-24 inches wide.
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Planting Bare Root Tree Seedlings With a Hoe or Mattock
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So, you'll either have to dig the roots out with a mattock or similar tool, or cut the main vine just above the ground and quickly apply horticultural vinegar or a thick paste made from water and table salt to the exposed tissue.
 See also: Plant, Soil, Flower, Gardener, Compost
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