garden-rake

Garden-rake is the human-made garden implement consisting of a long handle attached to a crossbar from which multiple metal or plastic tines project downward. It is defined by four parameters: (1) handle — an elongated shaft for standing or seated operation, typically wood, metal, or fiberglass; (2) tines — rigid prongs fixed to a crossbar, spaced for covering ground width; (3) tine material — metal (steel) for durability in tough soil, or plastic for light-duty leaf gathering; (4) tine geometry — curved or straight, rigid or slightly flexible, optimized for the specific task. The garden-rake persists as a physical artifact manufactured through traditional craft and modern tool-making, distributed through hardware and garden-supply channels, and maintained by replacement of worn tines or the entire tool. Its design has persisted across centuries of horticultural practice, adapted incrementally but never replaced by a fundamentally different form. [formal: radix | substrate: matter | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]