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More experienced growers can consolidate, or skip some of the steps taken.
Two gardening aids are needed for digging. The selection of some sort of a wheeled garden utility vehicle, and a digging tool is highly recommended. A common wheelbarrow, and a more common short-handled gardening fork are the base requirements, other tools used are trowels and specialized shovels. Whatever you have, will do. The fork is recommended because you don't have to move as much dirt that way, saving energy by reducing the amount of soil lifted, and the easy removal of the exposed bulb clumps as the earth falls off around the tongs.