Friday, January 27, 2012

What do you call that heavy ground digger with two long handles?

Garderners and traditional farmers use this tool to dig holes of about 5 or 6 inches in diameter, to plant seedlings / saplings. Holding the two handles and partly using the weight of the tools itself, the user will scoop out neat lumps of dirt, leaving holes on the ground just the right size to put in the black plastic bags of seedling.

What do you call that heavy ground digger with two long handles?
Post hole digger -- like at the site below (chosen at random -- no endorsement intended).
Reply:Yep, its a post-hole digger. My now deceased best friend Mark carried one in his trunk every day. When anyone asked him why, he said in his best Vermont accent "Welllllll, you neva know"
Reply:It's called a post-hole digger.
Reply:it's called a post hole digger, my dad used that thing all the time when i was growing up
Reply:its a post hole digger i live on a farm i use it all the time
Reply:post hole digger
Reply:Apparently, the device is known as a post-hole-digger.



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