Work to rule and keep your seeds on the straight and narrow with this very useful Sneeboer Long Handled Rulemaker; 168cm (5'6") of hoe-typed tool perfect for creating long, even furrows for sowing or planting seedlings.

Manufactured by hand in their own inimitiable style by Dutch tool making masters Sneeboer, the pointed and angled 15cm (6") deep blade carefully draws out a furrow for seeds and thanks to the long ash handle, painful back and knee aches caused by the usual bending or kneeling whilst working are eliminated.

Endorsed by well-known garden writer Helen Yemm, the Rulemaker lends itself prefectly to the 'long reach' technique and allows you to work effectively and in comfort.

Asparagus knives need to be sharp and strong enough to thrust into the soil to harvest the asparagus spears underground and this Sneeboer Knife is an exceptional example.

This new Sneeboer Potato Hoe - an acclaimed 2011 RHS Chelsea Flower Show debutant - is the perfect tool for small scale weeding in the potato patch, and any vegetable growing area for that matter where careful hoe navigation is a must.

Packed with all the features that set Sneeboer apart from other garden tool manufacturers - extra length ash handle, stainless steel hand forged blades and the quality of workmanship - this 172cm long hoe will be a major asset to your garden and potting shed. The 3.5cm wide sharpened blade allows for careful and swift despatching of weeds and with a novel 'hook' cut into the left hand side of the 6cm long blade, removing hoed off weeds is simple. Enjoy the comfort the extra long ash handle brings whilst your plants revel in weed free conditions - the Sneeboer potato hoe, with its 10 year steelwork guarantee, is a win/win solution!

The Sneeboer Tool Maintenance Kit keeps all manner of quality hand-forged stainless steel Sneeboer tools in perfect health no matter what the garden may throw at them - not that these Dutch masterpieces aren't capable of dealing with all garden soil types and conditions!

The Sneeboer tool kit consists of linseed oil, a whetstone, storage tin and wire brush, and is essential for keeping your Sneeboer tools in tip-top condition - from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade. The oil is used for wiping ash handles and is also particularly useful for cleaning and coating carbon steel Sneeboer tools; use the whetstone to keep an edge on bladed tools like the asparagus knife; there's also a multi-use wire brush for effective cleaning - even the most stubborn clay won't have an answer - and a tin for storing the linseed-oil soaked cloth. If you're planning to purchase a Sneeboer tool or are lucky enough to own a shed full already, get the Sneeboer tool maintenance kit on your shopping list asap - after all, you wouldn't drive around in a dirty Rolls Royce would you?!

Unfortunately the Sneeboer Tool Maintenance Kit is unavailable until early April 2012.

Don't think the Sneeboer Ladier Fork is exclusively for female gardeners; this perfectly proportioned and exceptionally well-balanced 4-tine stainless steel fork will be coveted by gentleman and lady gardeners alike!

Hand forged in Holland from stainless steel and fitted with an immaculately prepared ash handle, the Ladies Fork measures 112cm (3'8") in length, features 18.5cm (8") long tines, has a 15.5cm (6") wide head and combines traditional manufacturing techniques with astonishing performance - both boys and girls will be clearing out their potting sheds to make way for one!

Remove stones and other unwanted debris from seed beds with the new Narrow Tine Rake – and with a 24cm wide head supporting 10 sharp tines, the rake will soon become a firm favourite in the potting shed! The usual high quality Sneeboer Ash handle measures an impressive 1.47m in length- gaining approval from your back! – and the sharp 6cm long tines are only 2.5cm apart, allowing the rake (1.7m in length overall) to collect the vast majority of stones on each pass. Throw in the hand forging and care and attention synonymous with the Sneeboer name, and you’ve got yourself a rake for life!

Face garden foes with this strong and serious Sneeboer Hand Fork & Mattock - tough enough to cope with most soil types, this smaller version of the ingeniousLong Handled Sneeboer Fork and Mattock allows you to work at close quarters in all garden areas. The mattock can be used to break compacted or rocky soil conditions or to lever out stones, small pavers etc whilst the hand fork is versatile enough to use to cultivate soil, mark out small drill holes and work within small restricted areas between plants.

Reckoned to be the best Sneeboer have ever produced, this Digging Fork is lighter than previous models (it weighs in at 2kg) but is heavy duty enough to cope with digging over the largest of beds. The overall length of this ergonomically superior digging fork is 116cm and the 24cm flat tines will slice through the most compacted soil.
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The Sneeboer Carbon Steel Digging Fork is a must for heavy clay and peaty soil, made with hand forged v-shaped prongs - please note this tool must be oiled after use.

The long handled sneeboer fork is designed for working on your beds or borders. With the extended handle, back ache and straining are a thing of the past.

Stretching on tip-toe to hoe inaccessible borders and beds can be a thing of the past with this newly designed Long Handled Half Moon Hoe, a firm favourite at this years' RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Occasionally the garden requires some heavy work in difficult conditions – the new Sneeboer Long Handled Fork and Mattock is tough enough to cope with almost all soil types and situations. This ingenious Sneeboer design pairs a robust mattock blade with a sharp, three-tined fork in a 23cm wide head, allowing you to both break up the most compacted soil and create a reasonable tilth - without changing tools. This double-purpose tool gets to grips with cultivating soil and decimating weeds and is particularly good when you need to work between plants.

The fork side is great for loosening up compacted soil and the mattock blade can chop away and dig in deeply for weeds as well as making seed drills or thinning out.

Although the title insists it’s one for the ladies this Sneeboer long handled hoe has so many uses (combining the accuracy of a hand tool with the reach of a full sized hoe) we are sure that the man of the garden will be soon be raiding the potting shed to find it.

This long handled sneeboer cultivator with three extremely sharp hand forged tines makes light work of breaking up soil before planting or sowing or when soil gets really compacted - allowing air, worms and rain to do their work.

Sneeboer Long Handled Two Pronged Weeder ideal for planting, aerating and loosening soil, without damaging plants that grow close to each other.

"I've never seen anything like this before and awaited its arrival with interest. It is designed to break up the soil and open it up, as well as weeding. It certainly does the job but I found it quite difficult to use. It's probably down to my not using quite the correct action or method, but I found the upright twisting action required rather tiring...The prongs are lethally sharp - keep well away from children and exercise care when using. Build Quality ****, Value for Money ***, Ease of Use ***. 'Hoe Down' Grow It magazine, August 2008

The Sneeboer pull or draw hoe is used to chop at weeds, copes well with hard ground and can be used for earthing up vegetables and making shallow sowing trenches.

Hand-made in Holland, each Sneeboer tool has been hand-forged in the finest stainless steel, individually shaped, polished and sharpened by hand before being fitted with a fine quality wooden handle and this push hoe is a King among garden tools.

A traditional fine toothed sneeboer rake, ideal for preparing seed beds, with a very long handle which makes it much easier to work with than the standard length.

The wide head width of 55cm and 14 shorter spikes of this Sneeboer Gravel Rake makes it ideal for keeping large areas of gravel tidy with an Ash handle 155cm long.