Gardening tools facilitate the daily work on the farm. A novice gardener should equip himself with basic equipment. With years of experience and individual needs, it will be possible to obtain more complex solutions. An important issue is also taking care of gardening tools. Proper storage of garden tools and their maintenance will allow you to use them even for many years.
Contents:
- Gardening tools: hand and electric
- Beginner's garden tools
- Advanced gardening tools
- How do I store my garden tools?
Gardening tools: hand and electric
The development of technology allowed to improve the work of gardeners. In the past, only hand-held garden tools were used: bow saws, garden saws, ordinary secateurs or hedge trimmers. Currently, there is a we alth of secateurs on the market, differing in length, shape, width, diameter of cut branches and purpose.
Electric garden tools for trimming grass introduced.The hedge can be trimmed with hand-held shears or use an electric or battery-operated device.They have different blade lengths, so you can choose the one that suits your plants.Higher shrubs are used for electric scissors on the boom.A cordless saw with replaceable parts is a device for fast cutting of branches.To organize the garden, use an electric tool - a blower or a leaf vacuum cleaner.
The use of electric garden tools facilitates and accelerates the work of the gardener and his satisfaction at the same time. Caring for plants takes time, but its effects - a beautiful garden, well-kept shrubs and blooming flowers bring joy and encourage you to undertake this work.
Do you recommend the use of cordless tools and if so, why? Battery devices are no longer a trend and are becoming a standard in the care of the natural beauty of the home landscape. A synonym for effective, and at the same time cordless, light, easy and pleasant work around the house. No environmentally harmful exhaust fumes, no noise to disrupt your leisure, and no tangled cables. I am also a supporter of them, I have had contact with them many times and the opportunity to test their suitability in home gardens.
Beginner's garden tools
For those who start running their own garden, it is recommended to purchase basic tools. To work in the ground you will need: a shovel, a rake, a spatula and a hoe with garden claws.At the beginning it is enough to use secateurs and longer scissors to trim bushes and branches.The ax will be useful for seasonal pruning of branches.
The planter of bulbs and seeds will be used for even planting them. A narrow spatula will allow you to dig a small hole in the ground for direct planting of the bulbs. A trolley, a wheelbarrow or a garden trailer will be useful to improve gardening work and to take away the grasses left over from weeding or mowing to the compost, as well as cut branches and dry leaves.
Advanced gardening tools
Advanced technologies in horticulture can be used by already experienced gardeners. When we notice the need, you can reach for equipment available on the market that will speed up the work.Some of them are complicated to use, so it's best to reach for them only after several years of gardening.
You can use manual aerators and veloculators for aerating and cutting the lawn. When setting up a lawn, a roller that levels and hardens the ground is useful. A petrol, electric or battery trimmer will be useful for the care and edging of grass.It is a device smaller than an ordinary lawn mower, therefore it is able to reach and precisely trim the right place. A pickup with a measuring scale is a gardening hand tool that will facilitate planting bulbs and seeds, as well as quilting seedlings to another place.
If there are a lot of shrubs on the plot, you can improve the work of trimming them by using a garden tool - a shredder. This device is especially useful in orchards. Shorter, small fragments of branches, after shredding, can be thrown away or left on the ground, used as mulch or added to compost.An advanced gardener can purchase a special tool to protect plants from disease. The sprayer can be handheld, shoulder-mounted, trolley or knapsack.
How do I store my garden tools?
Gardening tools can serve us for years if we take good care of them. After carrying out earthworks, clean the garden tools under running, lukewarm water. Then you need to dry them or wipe them with a cloth. Garden tools with metal parts will rust if wet soil or water is left on them. The garden tools are cleaned most carefully at the end of the season.
A very good solution is to organize your tools according to their size.You can attach hangers and hooks to the wall, on which cleaned garden tools will be left: shovels, rakes, hoes. There are also covers with pockets for tools that are easy to attach to the wall. They will protect smaller devices from moisture and loss. To segregate smaller accessories, there are containers that can be hung on the handles. Racks for longer tools are also available.
If we have a larger space to develop and we have a special house for tools, it is good if there is space for a table, shelves and shelves with drawers. The place for storing the tools must be dry and must not have access to moisture. Equipment with rubber elements or those made of plastic should be stored in positive temperatures. These are, for example: sprinklers, carts, garden hoses.
