Example Sentences

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Spading forks with four wide-flat blades don't work well for turning heaps, but en extremis I'd prefer one to a shovel.

From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve

Spading and plowing also tend to bring about conditions necessary for the very important work of certain of the soil bacteria.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

Spading is vigorous, hard work, but not hoeing and raking.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

Spading and plowing bring about conditions necessary for the sprouting or germination of seeds.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

Spading Fork All these are familiar friends; but what are those plants near the kitchen?

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)