[3 allotments]

help? can anyone recommend any brands a good strong ash handled digging spade,bent mine today hard dry soil,lol also broke my 3 pronged cultivator  any suggestions welcome thanks

[Totty]

I have a Joseph Bentley digging spade which is good but probably use the really long handled one I got from lidls for a tenner the most. JB tools are very traditional looking and built to last.
The best I think are De Wit border spades, but at around 80 quid a pop, I don't think I'll be having one.

Totty

[gavinjconway]

I have a good old B&Q type.. thick and strong cast steel.. Stainless is a waste of time as they are weak and bend easily as do the types that are welded together. 

[jezza]

hi a good BRITISH BULLDOG spade might work well made and fairly light  using bulldog fore runner ENGLISH TOOL company only had 2 shafts in60 years  cultivators try wolf multichange mines 22 years old breakes heavy clay from dug to seedbed in2-3 passes  jezza

[3 allotments]

bulldog that's the one I don't mind paying a bit even for a second hand one ,ill try ebay.check for a cultivator too thanks people good suggestions

[fatcat1955]

Try the Bulldog proffesional range, a bit dearer but worth it.

[Kleftiwallah]

If bulldog tools are good enough for the Queen with which to kit out sevice person's married quarters,   (this practise stopped many moons ago) but I've still got mine and with "the crowfoot brand" still on it.

Cheers,   Tony.