Sporks provoke reaction. The type associated with Taco Bell inspired the ‘Sporks Are Godlike’ website. The type designed for gardens divides gardeners into sceptics and enthusiasts.

The garden Spork is roughly the same size as a border spade but the boron steel head is a combination of fork and spade. This means it is lighter than a spade and cannot suffer from bent tines. The almost-divine combination of two-in-one negates the need to swap from spade to fork and back while sorting out a border, splitting perennials or doing some deep-soil weeding.