Garden Tools and Equipments

Garden tools are the equipments which used in the farming of garden. Right tool is not essential for gardening but it makes the job easier. A lot of tools are used to look after the garden.

Spade comes first which is used to dig out soil.
Rake is another one used to pull leaves and gather stones.
Mattock is used for breaking the clay soil.
Trimmer is used for cutting. It is very sharp and can cut the hard stems of a plant easily.

It is essential to invest in some necessary tools in order to keep a garden in good condition. However, these garden tools are not expensive and surely will not be costing you too much. Yard sales or gardening stores may well make such tools available for you at price even less than a hundred dollars. While you are new to gardening and starting a practice, it is better to getting inexpensive garden tools because it might be that your interest in gardening is lost very soon and the whole investment in garden tools turns out to be a loss.

Two basic garden tools, shovel and rake are useful in gardening. Among these you can continue to purchase the other tools that you will really need more. The spading fork is to be chosen as the first and primary garden equipment. The soil needs to be digging up and improved before any kind of planting. Spading fork helps to dig deep and into hard soil and easily break up the ground. This is normally used in preparing and cultivating the surface of the soil to make sure the easy penetration of water and plant nutrients. Watering shower is one of the important gardening tools, while choosing this keep in mind that long nozzles are better to use as they easy to reach across longer distances and they let the water to come out at a gentle rate of flow. A round needed shovel is essential gardening equipment and proves to be helpful in case of larger digging projects such as planting of shrubs and trees. Finally, a pair of garden shears fitting very easily in hand is to be opted for. The shears or clippers as they are sometimes referred to, serve the purpose of pruning, shaping and removing extra leaves or branches.