A garden tool is any one of many tools made for gardens and gardening and overlaps with the range of tools made for agriculture and horticulture. The hand tools still used by gardeners originated with the earliest agricultural implements used by man: the spade, the garden hoe, the pitchfork, the garden fork, the garden rake and the plough.
While there are many garden hand tools out there, it would be easier to choose the best for you after considering the following questions:
- How much time do you spend gardening?
- Do you have large or small garden plots?
- Do you want to grow primarily ornamental plants or fruits and vegetables?
- Do you have shrubs and trees that may need pruning?
- Do you have a number of houseplants?
- Do you compost your garden waste and kitchen scraps?
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Presented below are some of the essential garden hand tools: |
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Shovel: Shovel: The shovel is the mainstay and workhorse of the garden shed, could be round point or square point. |
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Spade: They are essentially a smaller version of the shovel with a flatter blade
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Rake: Today's rakes take the concept of the human hand and finger dexterity to a bigger scale; they now come in all sizes and styles. |
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Fork: Forks are designed in different styles and with different numbers and sizes of tines, depending on the material you will be working |
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Hoe: The hoe is designed for weeding and light ground breaking. There are many different head sizes and shapes |
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Mattock / Pick: Tools to use for heavy-duty ground breaking, grubbing out stumps and tough chores in general. |
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