Gardening can be a fun, relaxing, and rewarding activity for some, but regardless of the reason for getting involved, you must use tools to make it as efficient as possible…
In fact, it’s nearly impossible to have a garden without using gardening equipment.
Why make gardening harder than it has to be?
What kind of gardening equipment you use will obviously depend on the size and extent of your garden, what you are able to handle if you want to spend a lot of time in your garden or get done quickly, and finally, how much money you are willing to spend.
While many gardeners do not have expensive or high-tech gardening tools, all of them have some type of gardening equipment for cultivating.
Tools for cultivating can include both handheld tools and power tools. What kind you buy depends on how serious of a gardener you are and how fast you want to get the job done.
Hand tools include your everyday items like shovels, spading forks, rakes, trowels, and diggers. These can all be used to get a garden ready for planting and are relatively easy and do not require much strength to use.
Other tools include a wheel cultivator, pickax, and mattock.
While power tools are a little more expensive than hand tools, they really cut down on hard labor. The most essential piece of gardening equipment is undoubtedly the tiller.
The tiller will break up the ground and get it ready for planting, chop up any debris, and help mix in fertilizer and compost. If you don’t want to spend the money on a tiller you can hire someone or rent a tiller for one-time use.
Other power tools that are very popular include chippers, garden shredders, and chainsaws.
If you have shrubs, hedges, or small trees in your yard, pruning tools are a vital piece of gardening equipment. Pruning shears are good for branches about ¾” in diameter while lopping shears can handle branches from a half-inch up to about 2 inches.
Pole pruners are on a pole and can reach branches about 15 feet above the ground. Hedge shears and pruning saws are both larger, more heavy-duty pruning tools for the serious gardener.
Since your plants must be watered in order to survive, and let's face it, it doesn’t rain whenever we want it to, gardening equipment for watering is a must-have. The one thing you can’t get along without is a water hose, everything after that is optional.
Many gardeners use sprinklers or drip irrigation hoses. There are even timers you can purchase for sprinklers or drip hoses if you are willing to drop the extra cash.
Gardening without gardening equipment would be a nightmare. Sure, there are some people who enjoy getting a little dirty while they plant their flowers, but even those types of people have the most basic gardening tools, like a rake or a hoe.
There you have it, a nice brief overview of some of the tools used for gardening to make your job easier, which will allow you to enjoy the process instead of dreading it.
Of course, there are tons of gardening tools available on the market, but you don’t have to purchase them all to achieve your outcome.
Be certain to respect all garden tools to reduce the chances of being injured…
Now determine what type of garden you plan to create and what tools you’ll need to get the job done!
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