more about digging.......

ok, os mm has dug up another 2-3 feet or so of yard/planting bed.....and i have yet to find the lateral line that i know is somewhere underneath.........the digging is hampered by the state of my tools......my trusty digging fork has become laughably bent...and the handle comes off of the tines about every third swoosh of dirt............this digging fork has a history...because it was not the one that i had requested as a birthday gift so many years ago.........my dear spouse was going up to cincinnati for a quick visit with his mother and father just about the time that smith and hawkins built a store less than 1 mile from their home.......and just about the time when thinking about birthday gift possibilities was in the air.............i asked for a smith and hawkins digging fork...the one that has the handle permanently doweled/bolted/forged into the handle...at the time it cost about $35......i had seen a similar one at the chelsea flower show, and was disuaded to put off the purchase, which would have required bringing the fork back from heathrow as checked luggage.........and don't you know.....my late mother-in-law talked my spouse out of buying it......said it was much too expensive....and steered him toward one from Frank's Nursery that undoubtedly cost much less.....which i use, bent and disassembled yet today................it looks just like the twisted and bent digging fork that i was using at the time i asked for the top-of-the line model............so....do i get on-line and order myself a better digging fork, or get in the car and drive to cincinnati in search of one....or go tomorrow to the local nursury and treat myself to the best that they have...................i will keep you posted.......for now, i am content to wallow in my angst about my pair of nearly useless forks.....as i continue to search for these elusive lateral lines.............