In addition to being an excellent accessory for your Halloween devil’s costume, a pitchfork is the perfect tool to turn compost or to toss a mulch of straw onto your edible garden. A pitchfork’s slender, curved tines are better suited to tossing than to most digging chores. (See Best Tools: 10 Favorite Garden Forks for diggers and grubbers.)
Here’s a roundup of our 10 favorite pitchforks:
![Also shown in the top photo of this post, a Clarington Forge Border Fork is handmade in England and has a compact 37-inch ash handle to make it easy to maneuver in tight spaces such as compost bins. It is \$78 from Terrain.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/clarington-forge-pitchfork-terrain-733x733.jpeg)
![Hand-forged in Holland, a stainless steel Compost Fork By Sneeboer has a 45.5-inch ash hardwood handle (made from FSC-certified, sustainably harvested wood). \2\20;With four long, thin tines, this compost fork easily pierces into mulch, hay, compost and other loose materials when moving it from one place to another,\2\2\1; notes the retailer. It is \$\159 at Garden Tool Company.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-compost-fork-sneeboer-garden-tool-co-733x510.png)
![A four-prong Taifun Manure Fork is €\26.99 from Agridirect.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-taifun-manure-fork-733x505.png)
![A Stainless Steel Spading Fork \2\20;can be used to move light, loosely packed material like compost, mulch or hay from one place to another.\2\2\1; Lightweight and with narrow tines to loosen earth, it is €40 from Manufactum.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-garden-tool-manufactum-spading-fork-733x512.png)
![A four-tine Forged Manure Fork has a 48-inch handle and is \$\27.64 from Zoro.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-forged-manure-fork-zoro-733x525.png)
![Made by Burgon & Ball in the UK, a compact Craftsbury Stainless Border Fork with an ash handle also can be used \2\20;for breaking up soil and aerating beds,\2\2\1; notes retailer Gardener\2\17;s Supply; \$67.46.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-burgon-ball-gardeners-733x503.png)
![A 54-inch Wood-Handle Steel Manure Fork has a forged steel head and is \$45.98 from Lowe\2\17;s.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-steel-lowes-home-improvement-733x512.png)
![A Spear & Jackson Manure Fork with a 3\2-inch handle has a hardwood shaft and is £\15.95 from Tooled Up.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-manure-spear-jackson-733x518.png)
![An all-steel Professional Mulching Fork with five tines is made in the US; \$99.95 from Garrett Wade.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitchfork-mulch-fork-garrett-wade-733x503.png)
![From Germany, an SHW Compost Fork comes with either a 44- or 54-inch handle and ranges in price from \$40 to \$44 depending on handle length at Earth Tools.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shw-compost-fork-main-2-733x1100.jpg)
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