The garden rake is one of the most familiar tools in virtually every garden shed across the entire United Kingdom; used for a variety of tasks, it is without doubt one of the most versatile implements that we have at our disposal. There are many different designs on the market, with the most common style that of the leaf collecting rake, used for raking up large quantities of fallen leaves during the autumn months. This style is also used to even out vegetable patches and remove large stones in preparation for sowing seed. Spring-tine rakes are also used to remove thatch from small areas of lawn, scraping out the built up dead grass and detritus that has accumulated during the year, allowing the grass roots to breath again.