Before the start of summer work of each owner of the countryside, the question is what kind of garden equipment is needed first? This is especially true for beginners, who have just purchased a plot and have not yet acquired the necessary tools. After all, if earlier the choice of inventory was simple enough and not numerous, in our time a rare gardener, going to a specialized store, will not lose his face before a truly incalculable assortment.
However, before buying all the devices you like, you need to decide on the set of things without which work in the garden is impossible."House of Dreams" will help you understand the variety and purpose of the inventory for working in the garden and in the garden.
Garden tools
Used ground-handling equipment
- Shovel
The shovel is the main garden tool that every summer resident should have. Ideally, the shovel must be at least two: one wide and the other elongated. The first is carried out absolutely all land works, and the second is convenient to dig out beds. In addition, for convenience, it is worth choosing shovels with handles of different lengths. As for quality, it is better to choose a shovel made of stainless steel, aluminum or titanium. Also, it is not recommended to choose a tool that uses only one screw as an attachment.
Garden tools - shovel
Garden shovel photo
Shovel for digging up the land
Shovel for digging up the land
- Forks
The functional purpose of the forks depends on the shape of their teeth. Forks with faceted teeth are used for ruffling potatoes and digging the soil. Forks with wide and flat teeth are designed for excavating bulbs, and pitchforks with large and frequent prongs are necessary to carry manure and debris. When choosing this inventory for the garden and the garden, make sure that the forks are strong enough. If they are made of wire that bends easily, the tool will soon break.
Garden hand tools - forks
Garden tools hand-held photos
- Hoe
This inventory is necessary for weeding weeds and loosening the soil. The nozzle of the hoe, as a rule, can be semicircular or rectangular.
Hoe garden photo
Hoe Gardena
- Chopper
Chopper, like a hoe, is designed for weeding weeds and loosening the soil. However, unlike a large hoe, this tool is convenient to use when working between beds or near growing plants. The size of the chopper should match your height, otherwise, if it is too long or too short, during work you will inevitably feel discomfort. In addition, you should not choose a hoe from unstable materials, for example, plastic, tk.such a product can not fully process the soil.
Garden tools
- Garden Tongs
With this tool, you can easily and accurately clean the surface of the earth from debris and leaves, as well as break the resulting crust after watering or rain. In addition, garden paws are convenient to use during transplantation, removing the remains of the earth from the roots of plants.
Orchard and garden tools
- Fitter
When choosing tools for a summer house and garden, pay attention to the planting device, with which you can make deep and small holes in a dense ground. Such holes are ideal for planting some seeds, tubers and bulbs. However, such a planter is not at all suitable for working in loose ground.
Hand planting garden photos
Garden tools for pruning
- Secateurs
Secateurs - an indispensable tool for working on land, where trees and shrubs grow. However, choosing this inventory, it is impossible to be limited to only one kind, becausedifferent devices are designed for different jobs. For example, a secateur with short handles is suitable for cutting dry branches on trees, and a tool with elongated handles is designed to eliminate thick branches. In addition, there are still special pruners with very thin blades, designed for pruning flowers. Thanks to this tool, the cut is perfectly smooth and clean. To eliminate branches on bushes, you need to purchase a pruner with teeth on the blade. And fine and thin twigs are most conveniently removed with the help of a bruschette.
Secateurs Gardena
Secateurs Fiskars
Garden pruners for branches
Garden pruners for flowers
- Sickles
Sickles are indispensable when you need to trim perennials with many thin stems. In principle, there are no special rules regarding the choice of this inventory, the most important thing is that it should be made of durable material.
Garden tools and implements - sickle
- Spit
Probably a scythe is in every yard in the countryside. This tool is simply indispensable for mowing high grass. If you do not have a trimmer or lawnmower, then, especially, the list of garden tools should definitely include a scythe.
Scythe for hand manual
- Knife
A knife is an optional gardening equipment, but in some cases it is irreplaceable. For example, it is very convenient for them to divide tubers, clean out vaccinations or, for example, to separate a part of the curtain. A good garden knife should be as comfortable, sharp and simple as possible.
Garden knife photo
- Manual saw
When we talked about the garden technique, we mentioned electric and chainsaws. But very often there is a need for a manual saw, which is much lighter and more compact. If you need to trim the branch, it is not necessary to set up a chainsaw - take the usual hand saw. In building hypermarkets, the choice of this tool is sufficient - they are of different shapes and sizes, and there are very small saws that even women can easily handle.
Garden tools - hand saw
Saw FISKARS garden
Saw Gardena hand-held photo
Cleaning and cleaning equipment for the site
In addition to working tools, you must prepare an inventory for cleaning the area. For example, an indispensable thing for every summer resident is a conventional rake, with which it is very convenient to clean the soil from foliage and debris, and also to make a small loosening of the soil. However, note that the standard rake can not work during the vegetation of plants, for this period it is worth buying fan models rake. In addition, for working in a flower garden it is better to use rakes of small sizes.
Garden rake for flower gardens
Garden rake-gardener
Also very helpful in garden work sieve for sifting the soil. If desired, you can make a homemade tool for giving, using a mesh of suitable size and a tool holder. The screen is necessary for sifting soil mixtures, as well as for screening out debris.
If the track is organized on a garden plot, their joints will inevitably be contaminated by vegetation. To make the territory more neat and well-groomed, it is recommended to use a scraper for cleaning the tracks, with which you can also trim the edges of lawns.
Also in the farm is very useful garden wheelbarrow, which not only helps to remove garbage, but also to transport seedlings, small tools, harvest from the garden, sand, earth and so on. Perhaps, the most convenient wheelbarrow can rightfully be considered a one-wheeled car - it will pass even along narrow paths of the garden.
Wheelbarrow garden photos
Where and how to store garden tools and inventory
In addition to purchasing all the necessary attachments, it is also important to organize a place where garden tools and equipment will be stored. It is best and most convenient if all the things you need will be in a separate business premises with good ventilation and low temperature. However, if you do not yet have a separate economic building, you can organize for your equipment and equipment a self-made protective awning. Only for its creation it is better to choose synthetic materials, tk. They are less attractive for rodents and more reliably protect them from precipitation.
In addition, to extend the life of tools, garden tools must be cleaned immediately after work and try not to leave it in places with high humidity.
