Sustainable Land Scaping USA

We gardener’s love our tools and even though we have our favorites we can’t resist trying new tools for gardening as we come across them.

Regardless of the size of your garden there are basic tools that are needed for all gardens. There are the extras that are nice to have. Then there’s the “Big Boy” or “Big Girl” Toys. These cost more and are really nice to use; if you have a large garden or piece of property than these are actually necessities for maintaining your property.

BasicTools for Gardening:

• Leather gardening gloves: get good ones that will last
• Shovel with a rounded edge: for digging and moving dirt around
• Spade: cutting edges, dividing plants and digging
• Spading or Potato Fork: breaking up lumps of soil, digging potatoes, turning and aerating compost
• Pitch Fork: lifting piles of garden debris
• Bow Rake: helps with keeping the soil on your garden leveled and getting rid of the weeds in your garden
• Leaf Rake: raking up leaves
• Chipping Hoe: remove weeds and loosen soil around plants
• Pruning Shears: pruning plants
• Pruning Saw: removing branches off trees
• Hand Trowel: working in the soil around your plants
• Hand Cultivator: loosen the soil and weeding
• Hand Transplanter: transplanting starts
• Cultivator or Mini Tiller: not a must but makes it easier to loosen the soil, dig fence post holes, and mix soil amendments
• Mattock: working in rocky soil, picking rock
• Watering Can: watering and fertilizing plants
• Garden Hose
• Axe or Hatchet
• Sprayer
• Scissors
• String or twine
• Wheelbarrow or wagon

Extra Tools for Gardening:

• Tiller: for digging up and preparing garden areas
• Weed Eater: nice for manicuring
• Edger: nice for manicuring
• Lawn Mower: maintaining lawn
• Shredder: shred garden waste for compost or bark
• Composter: quick way to compost organic matter

Nice to have but Expensive Tools for Gardening:

• DR Power Wagon with Electric Start, nicer than a wheelbarrow or garden cart as it can carry 800 pounds and is powered; easy to use
• DR Big Wheeled Weed Eater with Electric Start and brush cutter, nice for being overgrown areas maintained and can cut through trees up to 3 inches thick, easy to use
• Tractor with front loader

Items for Maintaining Your Gardening Tools:

• Files: sharpening tools
• Sandpaper: sanding the wood handles as needed
• Tung Oil: for sealing the wood handles and keeping the moisture out
• Rags: for cleaning tools and applying oil
• Roll of Paper Towels
• Brush: remove dirt from tools
• Can of Air: remove dust and debris
• Hammer
• Screwdriver

Shovels and spades have long handles or a D-Ring handle. When you go shopping for tools, you’ll want to hold and feel them. Find one that is the right weight, feels comfortable and is built to do the job you are planning on using it for. Take your time and find just the right one. Once you’re home, if it doesn’t feel right, you won’t want to use it.

For an easy way to keep your tools for gardening in good condition and small engine maintenance, visit Tools for Gardening. It includes a great way to keep your tools oiled and rust free!