When you first start out you will probably think that gardening should only be done with your hands. Before too long you will probably start to realize just how much more work you can get done using gardening tools. You might even start to think that you need to buy one of every tool at your plant store. Don’t let yourself give in to this temptation! You could end up spending a bunch of money on tools that you do not actually need. Start slow with just a few essentials and then build your collection from there. If your garden is not very big you will probably learn that you only need a few simple tools to do the work. Begin building your tool store with the tools listed in this article.
No matter how experienced you are as a gardener, beginners and experts alike should have gardening shears and pruners on hand. There are lots of different sizes of shears and pruners. You can use these tools to remove the damaged or dead parts of the plants in your garden. Keeping up with these types of cutting will help keep the plants in your garden healthy. If you plan on growing a lot of flowers, you should keep the shears and pruners on hand so that, in addition to keeping the plants healthy, you can use them to make clippings. Clippings are great for starting new plants. Once the flowers have bloomed you can use the clippings and cuttings to decorate your home.
Every garden needs a garden hose. Even gardeners who don’t plant much and have small gardens need to have a hose. You don’t only have to use your hose for gardening purposes! You can use it to spray debris out of your garden while not damaging your plants. Many people use their garden hoses for lawn watering and car washing as well as garden watering!
If you plan on doing ground gardening, you are going to want to have a shovel on hand. For gardeners who garden over large plots of land, a shovel with a long handle is something that they must purchase. Your shovel will be great for those times when you want to scoop and move dirt quickly and without hassle. While you could do this with your hands, using a shovel produces a neater result. Relocating a large quantity of dirt and earth could be very difficult if you try to do it without a shovel. Your work in the garden will be so much easier to do if you have the help of a shovel with a long handle.
At least once in every adult’s life he or she will think “I should grow a garden!” When you first start out you will be tempted to buy every gardening tool that a shop keeper puts into your hands. It will all seem useful. The smart thing to do is to start your tool collection with a few items that are useful in gardens of all sizes. After that you should only buy new tools as they become useful to you. This is the way you build your tool collection without wasting money on things you don’t need.
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