You can’t get the best crop without the right equipment. Gardening tools are necessary for completing various tasks, including cutting, trimming, planting, and digging.
You don’t need a big collection of gardening tools to care for your outdoor environment, but having the essentials might make it easier to tend to your home garden. Here is a list of the top gardening tools you can’t live without.
Gloves
Gardening is a beautiful activity, but without the correct gloves, it can rapidly become a prickly and splintery hassle. Gloves for working with seeds or transplanting seedlings should be durable but not too bulky.
Gloves that are too big or too small might create blisters or cause accidents if they slip off. Water-resistant fabrics that are also breathable will keep your hands cool and comfortable. Longer cuffs keep soil out and protect wrists and forearms from scrapes.
Digging Shovel
If you’re planting any bigger than your hand, you’ll need a rounded-blade digging shovel. This shovel is an excellent example of how far shovels have come in terms of ergonomics. When tossing and digging up heavy loads of soil, the D-shaped handle allows you to work with two hands.
A welded steel is more durable than wood and would not bend under a large load as fiberglass would. Meanwhile, the large step plate is wide enough to ease pressure on your foot when you step on it repeatedly.
Edging Spade
A flat-blade edging spade is a great buddy in the garden. It can edge a garden, cutting turf, removing roots, and scraping soil or mulch off a flat surface like a sidewalk or truck bed. This garden tool can also be used for general planting or ‘heeling in’ bare-root plants.
The D-handle form of this garden tool like that of the digging shovel gives you more control. The rubber foot pad minimizes strain and shoe damage. It has pre-drilled holes to fit on either side of the shovel.
Hedge Trimmer
A hedge trimmer allows you to achieve the perfect look for your hedges and bushes without using too much time or effort. It delivers power and durability while being lightweight enough for almost anyone to handle.
The correct hedge trimmer, such as a battery-powered hedge trimmer, makes the job efficient, safe, and quick. You should keep an eye on the blades of all sorts of hedge trimmers to ensure that it stays sharp.
To keep your hedge trimmer in good condition, you may need to sharpen your blades or replace worn blades with new blades from time to time. In between uses, you’ll also need to clean your hedge trimmer.
Pruner
A pruner is a preferred tool when it comes to trimming bendable stems or deadheading flowers. It’s a good all-around garden tool for pruning stems up to 1/2-inch in diameter. Ratchet pruners can cut up to 3/4-inch stems by multiplying the ratchet action.
Garden Rake
When you’re cultivating and preparing the soil in your vegetable garden, a garden rake usually gets a lot of work done.
However, it is also capable of leveling mulch, scraping hard-packed soil to make it more permeable, and leveling dirt before sowing a lawn. It can also be used to get rid of thatch and moss from your grass.
Leaf Rake
While a leaf rake’s main use is to gather leaves, it can also be used to collect other garden debris such as grass clippings that accumulate when you wait too long between trims.
Steel-tine rakes are ideal for small yards or for scratching the soil surface when raking. If you have a large yard, a poly rake can clear more ground in less time. This garden equipment is perfect for raking leaves with a 24-inch clog-free head that won’t spear leaves.
Hose and Sprayer
Watering with a hose is just the most convenient option. Garden tools and hoses are made of various materials, such as rubber and vinyl, and come in various lengths, such as 25, 50, 75, and 100 feet, as well as colors, which used to be limited to black or green but are now available in a rainbow of hues.
A heavy-duty rubber hose will last for years, especially in cold regions if stored with cover. The spray attachment gives you extra options, such as a mild stream for watering recently seeded regions or a forceful blast for wiping mud off of tools.
Wheelbarrow
There’s nothing like a wheelbarrow to make a gardener’s life easier. You can transport compost, soil, firewood, and other materials. It can also be used to transport tools about the yard or to soak plant roots before planting.
Get a steel bin instead of a poly bin if you’re working with heavyweights. For big loads, two-wheel variants are the most stable. For the most part, a basic wheelbarrow will suffice but invest in the best wheelbarrow tires such as a never-flat tire.
