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Gardening is not easy. To really get a hang of everything you need to do to keep your garden brimming with beautiful blooms and foliage, you’ll need more than just your hands. Garden tools and power equipment are important investments that you should keep in mind when planning a garden. An unmaintained garden is far worse than not having a garden at all. So to help you, here is a list of the most common garden tools and power equipment that you should know about.
For digging and loosening soil, the most handy and least expensive garden tools and power equipment are the spade and the garden fork. These simple tools are basics that every home must have for they can be used not just for loosening soil, they can also be for lifting and turning over sand, stones, weeds, and dirt. The garden fork, with its tines, can also help in raking and breaking out large soil clods and is sometimes more appropriate to use that the spade. Other garden tools and power equipment that can do the job are the rotary tiller and other small cultivators. These tools are usually motorized and use rotating blades to dig and loosen the soil.
For pruning and cutting leaves and grass, you can choose from the following garden tools and power equipment: pruning shears, loppers, weeding knife, and hedge trimmer. To prune twigs and small branches, the loppers are the right tools to use. More woody branches are better off with secateurs or pruning shears. For manual weeding or cutting, the weeding knife or the hori-hori is the most appropriate. Motorized garden tools and power equipment for cutting leaves, grass, and bushes are the hedge trimmers and the lawn mowers. Their motorized blades allow more even cuts and neater-looking grass and hedges.
To collect litter like grass and leaves, the garden tools and power equipment you can choose from are the rake, the pitchfork, the leaf blower, and the lawn sweeper. The rake and the pitchfork are the handiest for collecting leaves and grass. The pitch fork can also be used to lift and throw materials such as leaves and hay. Motorized garden tools and power equipment that can do a faster job are the leaf blower and lawn sweeper. The leaf blower can move grass cuttings and leaves while the lawn sweeper collects them and drops them into a hopper for disposal.
Multipurpose garden tools and power equipment that can do a lot of garden work are the hoe and the trowel. These two simple tools can loosen soil, dig small holes, pile materials, remove weeds, mix soil with other additives, and many more.
For a list of all types of garden tools and power equipment, contact your local hardware store or tool distributor. Better yet, request for catalogs or surf the net to help you compare prices and features.
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Author Bio Box: Patricia Wainwright
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