Soil cultivation toolsare useful in every garden. It is impossible to do without digging, weeding and loosening the garden soil. Various shovels, hoes, rakes, forks or more advanced cultivators will help us in this. See what the use of individualtools for soil cultivation , which of them are the most useful in the garden and what to consider when buying tools so that working with them is comfortable and brings good results.
Soil cultivation tools
The work related to soil cultivation is one of the most important and labor-intensive work in the garden.Apparently, the matter is simple. After all, each of us has a shovel to dig the soil in the garden. And yet, it may turn out that if we use more tools appropriately matched to our needs, soil cultivation and many other gardening tasks may turn out to be much easier.Soil cultivation toolswill help us not only to keep the plot in order, but also to obtain higher yields.
In spring soil cultivation most of us start by digging the soil to the depth of the spade. The spade is recommended for digging mainly light and medium soils. When buying it, it is worth paying attention to the fact that it is light and well-shaped (handy). The spade head should be made of hardened steel.
"The cheapest shovels have simple wooden handles. However,a spade with a profiled steel handlewith a handle made of non-slip, pleasant to the hand material will provide us with greater comfort. The most demanding can choose a spade with an adjustable handle.Such amenities are offered, among others, by Fiskars telescopic spatulas.
If the soil in your garden is heavy, clayey, digging will be easiergarden pitchforkThe pitchfork will be easier to drive into very compact soil. They will also be helpful in digging light soils overgrown with permanent weeds, such as dandelion, couch grass or bindweed. Thanks to the forks, it is easier to separate the roots and branches of these troublesome weeds. Why? When digging the soil with a pitchfork, we do not cut any weeds, which would be the case if a shovel was used. Thanks to this, the runners, e.g. couch grass, will be able to be fully removed from the soil. When buying forks, first of all, make sure that they are solid.
When the dug soil settles down a little and dries out, you need to level it by raking. For this purpose, userake with stiff tinesThe wider they are (more teeth), the easier it will be to level larger soil surfaces (but they cannot be too heavy). On the other hand, a narrower rake will be easier to maneuver between trees and shrubs.
In addition to the rake with stiff teeth, it is also worth getting arake with spring teeth , made of wires or strips of metal (it&39;s good if they have adjustable width). Sometimes you can also meet the name of a broom-rake. This type of rake will be necessary for raking the lawn, perennial beds and leaves from under trees and shrubs. They can be used to gently rake the soil surface without fear of damaging the plant roots.
Cultivators will be useful for cultivating the soil in inter-rowsof already growing plants. We have a choice of cultivators with dome stubs and rotary cultivators (good for loosening crusted soils). More demanding ones can choose a battery (electric) cultivator, with which the work will be done faster (good for larger gardens). The battery allows you to work without a power cord.
Among thesoil cultivation toolsbetween the rows, the cultivators work the deepest. Hoes are intended for shallower soil loosening.A suitable hoe will allow you not only to loosen the soil, but also to cut unnecessary weeds. Thereforewhen buying a hoeit is worth paying attention to whether it has sharp cutting edges. Hoes with heads made of thin, hardened sheets are easier to dig into the soil.Finally, it is worth mentioning the mini version of the tools. Small spatulas, forks and minigrabs, often sold in sets, will be useful for more delicate, more precise work on small surfaces, at home and on the balcony, or when preparing seedlings. "
