Ode to the Mattock

Remember my waxing lyrical about the Mattock?  That marvellous tool that turned potato trench digging into something approaching easy?

Well here is the tool in all it's glory...

Technique - you stand square on to the trench and chop the soil towards you, making a ditch and a mound of earth with which you later cover the potatoes with.  Trust me, so much easier than using a spade.

And for those of you that asked, you can buy them on the Stratford Road in Choices for £13.99... I know!  How good is that!