Bromley Gardening: How To Choose The Appropriate Gardening Tools
Gardens tools come in a wide array of shapes and sizes. Many of the modern gardening tools sold in hardware stores offline and online today are mere copies or gimmicks of the original old-school designs that have been used for decades. Bromley gardening experts strongly suggest that first-gardening enthusiasts buy high-quality gardening tools, because these could last a lifetime, and you can use them for longer periods, as well as hand them down to the next generation too. Below are a number of helpful ideas on how to choose the appropriate gardening tools and equipments.
The Four Main Gardening Tasks
Before rushing off to the store and buying any gardening tool you set your sights on, here’s a breakdown of the four main gardening tasks. The main gardening jobs include tilling, cultivating, planting and watering. The job of tilling the garden covers soil preparation and moving, which also includes plowing and carting. Cultivating refers to the task of maintaining the garden, and the tasks include pruning, weeding and others. Planting includes everything required to get the plants into the soil, while watering of course is quite self-explanatory.
Tools For Sizable Vegetable Gardens
For large vegetable gardens, longer-handled tools are widely suggested, as they help the gardener work more areas in less time, and make the job of maintaining the garden a less-stressful one. A good suggestion would be to look for tried and tested materials and tools that are made from thick carbon and stainless steel. One tool that’s considered the gardener’s favorite is the digging spade. The digging spade is perfect for turning the soil and for promoting good soil aeration. For eliminating weeds, garden hoes are useful tools. Garden hoes come in a wide array of shapes and sizes, from pull hoes to the diamond-shape hoe, Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe, the “hula’ or oscillating hoe, half-moon hoe and heart-shaped hoe. Gardeners use different hoes for different tasks like weeding, clearing-up between crop rows, and creating seed furrows. Garden rakes are also useful when it comes to creating a new garden or adding to an existing plot. The garden rake would also be helpful when it comes to clearing debris and leveling the soil. A “Hori Hori” knife would also be useful for weeding, planting, digging and more.
Tools For Raised Bed Gardens
Raised bed gardens have become popular today because they are easier to maintain, and provide the ability to grow more with less space. Most raised beds are no wider than 4 feet, hence it would be easier for the gardener to move from one side to the other. For raised bed gardens, the suggested gardening tools would be the garden spade, long-handled hoe, Dutch-hand hoe, trowel, pruning shear, Hori Hori knife and medium-length tools like forks and spades. The garden spade is best used for mixing nutrients in the soil, aerating and turning soil. The Dutch hand hoe comes in right and left-handed versions, and is perfect for weeding and creating furrows for seeds. The Hori Hori knife is also perfect for weeding, planting, cutting, digging and cutting seed or fertilizer bags. Pruning shears are perfect for use in harvesting or cutting off excess greenery.
Lawn And Flower Bed Maintenance Tools
For maintaining flower beds and the lawn, you can get a garden rake, “rabbiting” spade, leaf rake, edger, pruning saw, shovel and specialty spade, wheelbarrow and water hose. The garden rake is good for raking soil debris and leveling soil, while the leaf rake is best used in gathering fallen leaves. A rabbiting spade features a narrow-pointed blade that’s perfect for digging ditches, transplanting shrubs and more. Sharp-pointed shovels are good for general digging purposes. Pruning saws are perfect for pruning smaller trees and brush limbs, as well as for sawing-off dead branches. The wheelbarrow would also make transporting rubbish and other debris to the garbage bin quite easier, and the water hose will come handy especially during the hot summer season.
Useful Tools For Townhouse/Apartment Gardens
For smaller apartment and townhouse gardens, the suggested gardening tools and equipments include trowels, soil scoops, garden knife, pruners, watering can and more. A trowel’s small size makes it perfect for planting in small containers. A soil scoop would be great for transferring soils from the bag to the container, while the garden knife makes an all-around tool for weeding, opening bags and more. And although any container will suffice, a watering can is highly-suggested because it has the ability to evenly distribute water, and would be helpful for young seedlings.
While many gardening tools today are made from light and disposable materials, the best gardening tools are those which feature a socket or strapped connection. For strapped connections, the head and straps are made from one piece of high-quality steel, and the straps are riveted, and extend far up the handle. For socket attachments, the head and socket are connected or forged in one single piece of steel, where the handle is tightly fastened into the socket. For expert advice, make sure you contact a professional landscaping company in Bromley, Beckenham, West Wickham, and Croydon
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