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Here's a list of the most basic, essential gardening tools:
- Long handled , round point shovel: for transplanting & digging holes
- Long handled, square point spade: for moving materials like soil or compost
- Metal garden rake: for leveling and working soil
- Paddle hoe: for chopping weeds, working soil between rows
- Pick ax: for breaking up hard soil
- Wheelbarrow: for moving materials around your garden
- Garden hose: for watering your garden
- Spading Fork: for turning soil and compost
- Hand pruners: for trimming smaller plants
- Loppers: for trimming larger plants
- Pump sprayer: for applying organic foliar fertilizer and pest control solution
- Hand cultivator (trowel): for small jobs like transplanting seedlings
- Measuring cups: for mixing up amendments, organic foliar feed and pest control solution
- 5 gallon bucket: always a handy thing to have around
- Gloves and a wide brimmed hat
Last updated on November 27, 2011 by Matthew Kokenes