We spent six hours shoveling mulch and compost and digging up a rock-filled wasteland at a community garden in New York City. And we spent another four uprooting shrubs, tilling soil, and removing deep-rooted weeds in a New Jersey yard.Of the 10 all-purpose shovels we tried, the Bully Tools 82515 stood apart as a well-balanced, immensely strong, and particularly ergonomic earth mover. For garden tasks specifically—setting and moving plants and shrubs, uprooting trees and weeds, cleaning up borders—the Fiskars D-Handle Transplanting Spade and the Spear & Jackson Planting & Rabbiting Spade excelled.