If for some reason your garden shed doesn't have a garden shovel and you want to use an alternative, the best options are:
Potted Scoops
The pot scoop has a wide, deep blade that is used to scoop compost out of the bag into pots and hanging baskets. The deep blade allows you to hold more soil than a garden shovel. However, it does not have a sharpened blade, so it cannot be used for digging.
Hand forks
Hand forks are mainly used for weeding and tillage. However, it does not have a wide section for scooping soil, as it has only three forked tines.
these are knives
The hori-hori knife is also known as a tiller or weeder knife and is the Japanese equivalent of a garden shovel. It has a serrated blade for cutting roots and a wider blade than other pruning knives for digging soil. However, it doesn't have curved sides, so the blade won't be able to carry soil from one place to another.
Thrace
A track is a combination tool with a rake at one end and a trowel at the other. The end of the shovel is for planting flowers and bulbs, and the rake is for tilling the soil. This tool is ideal for those who want to save money and buy only one tool instead of two.
