Garden Tools – The Essentials

Gloves

to protect your hands from thorny, prickly plants. Should be durable and not too bulky.

Hand Trowel

Garden hand trowel is an essential for any keen gardener. Made up of a pointed, scoop-shaped metal blade and either a metal, plastic or wooden handle.

Garden Fork

great tool for turning soil, garden forks can dig into dense soil better than any spade. Garden forks are versatile utensils in a gardener’s mind. They can be used to turn soil, aerate, remove weeds and dig trenches.

Pruning Shears

there are numerous different types of hand pruners and secateurs they help reign in plants that are getting out of control and taking over. Pruners cut with a sharp blade meeting a flat surface, like a knife on a board.

Loppers

Loppers are long-handled pruners used to trim high / hard to reach areas and cut thicker branches. The long handles provide the strength it takes to cut through branches up to an inch or more in diameter.

Spade

A spade is a tool using for digging, typically consisting of a flat metal blade attached to a long handle. Using in gardening for digging holes for planting, removing weeds and moving soil. They come in various sizes and shapes and made of various / different materials.

Hoe

Garden hoe is a handy tool for controlling weeds and keeping the soil healthy in a garden either shaping it or clearing it. There are several types of hoes and each one is designed for a specific job.

Garden Hose

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Rake

Rakes come in a wide variety of styles and sizes, but a good one is a standard leaf rake. When leaves and debris fall, your sturdy rake is there to whisk them away.

Wheelbarrow

Can be good for moving materials like mulch, soil, and compost. Wheelbarrow can be good for tasks like weeding and clean up. You can simply toss all of the weeds, debris, and loose material in the wheelbarrow, making maintenance much easier and quicker to dispose of.

Watering Can

there are 2 basic types of watering cans, plastic or metal. There are hundreds of styles, colors, sizes and nozzle options.

Sweeping Broom

can be used to scrub stubborn moss to clearing a dirty patio, a garden broom can be multipurpose sweeping up falling leaves and branches from paths or patio.

Garden Scissors

Suitable for deadheading flowers, perfect tool for delicate and precise snips to stems.
Try not to leave dirt to harden as it will make the tools more difficult to clean later on. Wash or wipe tools down at the end of the day, dry them off then wipe the metal with an oily rag to keep the steel from rusting.

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