Pitchfork
Though the pitchfork might generally be considered a farm tool, it can also be useful for the home gardener. It makes moving compost, hay, straw and piles of tree and bush clippings a breeze.
Stick your pitchfork into the center of your compost pile; if the tines are hot to the touch when you pull the fork out, your pile is cooking.
Spading Fork and Pitchfork
Another tool for digging in the soil is a spading fork, which has flat or square tines. It is used to break up and turn over soil.
With a pitchfork, carefully dig up the tubers.
In a diluted bleach-water solution, wash each of the tubers. Plunge into a bucket of clear water, then rinse in the sink. Allow tubers to dry in a laundry bucket for 3 to 4 days.
In the spring, get out your pitchfork and mix your compost pile up. You may find that the stuff on the bottom is already broken down.
Use a shovel or pitchfork and dig deeply to pull up as many roots as possible. Each plant will have a separate crown and many entangled roots. Loosen the soil, or wash soil off the crown and roots. Carefully divide crowns.
The easiest way to aerate a pile is to regularly turn it with a pitchfork or shovel. Turning will fluff up the pile and increase its porosity. Another option is to add coarse materials such as leaves, straw, or corn stalks.
If you're impatient, turn the mix using a pitchfork up to four or five times every three or four days. This will dramatically increase the speed of breakdown so that the compost will be ready in two or three weeks.
I added some compost and slow-release fertilizer to my garden beds, tilling it into the soil which had already been loosed with a pitchfork, and I let the whole mixture sit overnight.
Using a pitchfork or other tined tool, poke holes into the bottom and sides of the hole, penetrating the surrounding soil. These holes will become the outlets through which the tree roots will eventually grow.
No more pitchforks and haphazard piles of yard refuse. Modern day composting requires tumblers and digesters, activators and energizers, shredders and aerators, thermometers and sifters.
(Dig wider than you think the roots go.) Carefully lift the plant from the hole. The preferred method is to take two pitchforks, and insert them (back to back) in the center of the plant.
If you wish, with a pitchfork or shovel, you can scarify the sides of the hole.
You will want to keep your compost pile moist and use a pitchfork to turn it occasionally. If you maintain more than one pile then you will not need to turn it as often as you will have longer before you will need to use it in your garden.
You and the devil. To turn your compost pile, you'll need a four or five-tined garden pitchfork. Although commercial compost turning tools are available, a pitchfork can also be used for other garden tasks.
(Worms like this too.) In spring, jab a pitchfork into the ground and wiggle it, making as many holes as you like. (For big lawns, there are specialized tools for this that are more efficient.) ...
Some hand tools include rakes, shovels, hoes, pitchforks, trowels, hatchets, axes, hoses, manual hedge trimmers, pruning knives and sprinklers.
* Keep tools in a storage place that is safe and dry.
Once a month you should mix your pile with a shovel or pitchfork to help the materials you have put in it to break down.
If your compost smells bad it means that you may have to mix it more often.
Anchor the plastic down on one side with dirt. Use a pair of scissors, a knife or a pitchfork to poke holes in the plastic. The holes will allow some water to drain out of the garden, but keep enough of it in to create a bog.
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Then turn the compost pile with a pitchfork. To properly cook a compost pile, it needs oxygen and moisture, so even in the winter it's a good idea to check the moisture content of the pile. Add a little water when necessary.
The smaller the size of the materials placed in the heap the quicker they will mature. Turn the heap occasionally with a pitchfork or shovel to help the heap rot evenly and to circulate air through the heap.
Heap is too wet: ...
Only Denver residents may participate. Residents may dig their own mulch at all sites. Please bring a pitchfork or shovel and containers.
Make a compost pile from a mixture of organic matter-such as leaves, grass clippings, vegetable scraps, eggshells, and coffee grounds. Turn the pile once a week with a pitchfork to introduce oxygen, ...
You may want to build an enclosure for your compost, but don't store it in a container without air circulation. To get started, you'll need a wheelbarrow, a pitchfork, and gardening gloves.
A great tool to assist with this process is the "Compost Aerator." This easy to use tool helps to mix the compost ingredients and circulate air throughout the bin. It may even spare you the chore of turning your compost with a shovel or pitchfork.
 See also: Soil, Plant, Compost, Gardening, Grass
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