A pickaxe has two picks (thin metal spikes) on each side of the head. A
Mattock has a broad blade on one side, sort of like a really heavy hoe.
The other side might have either a pick or another broad blade oriented
perpendicularly to the first, sort of like an axe.


Comboverfish wrote:
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I dont have room to swing an axe
with the fence in the way so I will try a border shovel and lots of
patience. BTW I had to look up "mattock" -- I always assumed that tool
was called a pick axe...