10 Essential Gardening Tools To Have
Here's a list of the top ten must-have garden tools, essential tools for both novices starting their first garden and experienced gardeners replacing worn-out favorites. New materials have added strength, durability and efficiency to many tools for home gardening.
Be sure to purchase the best quality garden tools that you can afford. Good quality tools will pay for themselves will long years of efficient service in your garden. You should be able to puchase your 'starter set' of garden tools for approximately $150 for reasonably priced, good quality tools. If you have a few exta dollars, spend them on your pruners. Consider purchasing ergonomically designed garden tools which help reduce stress and strain during normal gardening activities.
Essential Garden Tools:
Trowel
Use a hand-held shovel or trowel to dig and fill small holes when planting annuals, perennials, bulbs, bushes and shrubs. The strongest trowels are made of steel and the lightest are made of cast aluminum. Handles are fashioned of wood or easy-grip plastic. Those designed with handle and blade all in one piece offer greater durability.
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This is the garden tool to spend money on. Get the best quality pruners your budget will allow as they will be used often and will need to withstand many sharpenings - quality will make a big difference. Keep overgrown shrubs, rose bushes and small trees within bounds with a good pair of pruners. The bypass types are better buys than the anvil pruners because they make cleaner cuts.
Shovel
The round-point shovel is best for general gardening because its pointed edge is designed for digging large, deep holes. Look for sturdy handles that are sealed to keep out moisture.
Transplanting spade
With its long, narrow blade, a transplanting spade gets into tight spots in the garden, reducing the likelihood of damage to nearby plants.
Garden hose
Get a good quality hose that won't kink or get brittle in the heat and make sure it's long enough for your property so you won't be replacing it every few years.
Rake
Rakes with metal tines tend to last longest. They can also make the job easier because the teeth don't bend when they hit a heavy patch of leaves. A shortened, mini-rake is ideal for raking leaves between shrubs.
Cultivator
A three-prong cultivator looks like a hand-held rake. Use it to loosen up dirt in preparation for planting seeds or to help pull up weeds. You can find manual or electric cultivators suitable for small to very large jobs.
Edger
Place the finishing touches on your garden with an edger. This moon-shaped hand tool slices into the ground to create a clean, sharp edge between flower beds and lawn.
Hedge shears
Long-handled, flat-bladed hedge shears are designed to cut evenly across a plane, either horizontal or vertical. Unless you have a large amount of greenery, hand-hedge shears will work just as well as electric shears.
Wheelbarrow or garden cart
Technically not a garden tool, really falling into the garden equipment category, wheelbarrows make light work of trucking through the garden with heavy sacks of soil or unwieldy bags of peat moss. You really must have a wheelbarrow or cart to spare your back some strain, so we've added it to this list. New designs in lightweight and sturdy garden carts make these a flexible and very functional alternative to wheelbarrows
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