In the garden, I'm a trusty friend, by earth's side my work will never end. With a handle and a blade so wide, I help you dig, I help you hide.

If you change my first letter, I can become many things. B for water at one hundred degrees Celsius. F for cooking on a grill. T for working hard. S for earth. I'm the posture of a snake.

Some might that people who wear this don’t care. Add a R at the end of the word and it’s an animal that doesn’t care.

This lonesome creature has wings of white or gray

I can be seen in things that see. Take my L, and now you cannot. I can also take the form of trees, Bearing fruit often paired with chocolate.