Here are some of the basic tools needed for gardening ¹ ²:
- Gloves: Protect your hands from thorns and dirt
- Secateurs: For pruning and tidying up plants
- Hand trowel: For tasks like digging, transplanting and weeding
- Hand fork: For breaking up compacted soil and weeding
- Watering can: To water plants and distribute water evenly
- Spade: For digging holes and planting
- Fork: To get your garden plot ready for planting
- Hoe: To get rid of weeds
- Rake: To level your garden and even out the soil
- Loppers: To cut through thicker branches and shrubs
- Pruning saw: To cut through branches of trees and shrubs
