As a child you have probably seen your mother or father pottering
about in the garden. They seemed to be working with lots of tools. You
might have played with a gardening tool as well. Now that you are
grown-up and have your own garden you too will need those garden
tools.
A visit to your local garden shop will reveal that there are many
different gardening tool items available. The price range will vary from
one piece to the next. The tricky part is buying what you need and not
going for lots of expensive things that you might never use.
The first item that you will need is a spading fork. This gardening tool
looks like a pitchfork, but it has a shorter handle and the tines are
wider. You will need to use the spading fork to dig into hard soil and
open the ground up for planting.
After your garden is dug up, you need to prepare the soil with the hoe.
This gardening tool is wonderful to cultivate the surface of the soil. A
well cultivated soil will allow nutrients and water to seep into the ground
and nourish the plants. A round ended shovel is another item that is
good for larger digging projects. With a round ended shovel you can
plant trees and shrubs in your garden.
Water is a gardener’s best friend. You need to buy a watering can that
has a long nozzle. With a long nozzle, the rate of water coming from
the can is very gentle on your plants. Also long nozzled watering cans
let you water plants farther away from you. With young seedlings in
your garden a watering can that has a detachable head is a useful
gardening tool.
The best way to level your garden prior to planting is to use a bow
rake. This rake has a metal frame that is shaped like a bow. The tines
are short and are attached to one side of the rake. With a good bow
rake the removal of large clods of earth or rocks can be done. When
you turn to the flat side of the rake, you can smooth the soil and get it
ready for planting.
Good but inexpensive garden shears can remove dead branches and
stems from your plants. You can prune and shape your trees and
shrubs with this gardening tool. Before you buy a pair of garden shears
or clippers as they are also called, make sure that the shears will fit
your hand comfortably.
These garden tools are just the basic ones that you will need the most.
As your interest in gardening expands, you will gain more knowledge
about the different gardening tool items that are available and what is
best suited for you and your garden.
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