Tools No Gardner Should Live Without

astjern | Apr 5, 2010 |

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Easy To Transport And Store, These Gardener's Tools Make The Heavy Work Less Trouble.

The right tool is the key to performing virtually any job well. Hobbyists and professionals alike agree that the top five essential garden tools help to make gardening one of the most popular pastimes in the world.

There are dizzying array of gardening tools and products on the market but which of them are actually necessary? Here is a look at the top five essential garden tools that any gardener – beginner or expert – must have in their toolkit.

Gloves

Protecting your hands from stickers, blisters, staining, and grime that comes with getting and keeping the garden in shape is essential. Gardeners gloves are widely available in materials ranging from goat or deerskin to canvas and recycled plastic gloves.

Wheel Barrow

A durable, well-balanced wheelbarrow is an absolute necessity for anyone with a garden larger than a window box. Transporting top soil, fertilizers, clippings, or other unwieldy items to and from the garden should not take a toll on your back.

Garden Trowel

This essential hand tool is available in several styles. The standard, wide-blade trowel is indispensable for turning soil, digging holes for new plantings, and loosening the soil around plants. If you plant many bulbs consider a narrow, deep blade trowel.

Weeder

The gardeners battle against weeds is never ending and having the proper tool is an absolute necessity. A well-constructed weeder is one of the essential garden tools. They come in a variety of shapes and styles and are designed to remove different types of weeds. If you are plagued with dandelions or similar deep root weeds, a taproot weeder is recommended.

Garden Sheers

Good garden shears are without equal in the gardener's toolbox. Clearing out runaway vines, clipping flowers for display, breaking down cuttings for the compost pile are best accomplished with shears. Additionally, using shears for harvesting flowers and vegetables does less damage to plants. By-pass pruners are the most often used style of garden shears.

The benefits provided by these five essential garden tools far out way their initial $300-$400 investment and in fact may become five of your favorite things.