Jim Morr

Can’t see “Bounce” while using a shovel if the soil is that hard use a Chisel Tip Digging Bar to soften the area to be dug, it can all so be used to chop roots,

“A Hard sole 6” farm boot will protect your arch and support your ankles” 20 years working for a water utility I’d consider myself an expert on “hand digging” with a shovel? First off steel tipped 6” farm boots are a must! Wouldn’t leave home without them. Second, Short round D handle shovel “AKA Banjo” is the tool of choice. And once you start and your body is bent forward Stay that way, I worked with more new workers that straighten up with every shovel full of dirt only to complain of lower back pain.

I have also watched and subscribed to thier YouTube channel, it's a youth movement and they do it right.

My personal experiences with a scythe was in the early 80s. While working for a Utility once a year a crew would be dispatched to clear a well field and other property's owned that was historicaly a 2 week detail all done with scythe/sickle. That same crew of 3 with weed wackers turned it in to a 1 week job. I did that detail for 10 plus years, every year I got Poisin Ivy???