How To Handle Every Gardening Challenge With Ease Using These Tools
By Emma Miller
Author bio: Emma Miller works as a senior gardening columnist, lecturer at Melbourne University and the executive editor of several gardening blogs.
There are literally hundreds of gardening tools available for purchase in any given hardware shop. Besides the usual gardening tools like shovels, water sprinklers, and lawnmowers, you may also get more specialized tools like mulch forks and battery-powered pruners. However, you will certainly ask yourself which of these items can genuinely help you overcome any challenge your garden throws at you. Let’s talk about that!
Tools for cutting
If you wish your garden to look your best in any season, you should always have a handy cutting tool in your shed. You’ll need to cut and trim small trees, shrubs, and perennials to upkeep your landscape. Useful hand tools include loppers, pruners, and, of course, handy automatic knives.
Stems and branches with a narrow diameter may be lopped off using pruners. To cut thicker branches, loppers are required. Pruning shrubs on a regular basis sparks new, healthy growth and may be done by using these tools for either deadheading or general trimming.
Smaller knives you can put in your pocket, such as the quality otf knife, are excellent when you notice a tiny branch poking out of your previously trimmed shrub. Automatic knives are convenient for gardeners because you can have them on you at all times so you can easily complete simple tasks.
Gardening gloves
One of the most essential gardening tools are gloves. No matter how simple the task in front of you may be, you're always in danger of cutting your hands while working.
You don't even need to use the cutting tools for the challenge in front of you to be dangerous, as you can even injure yourself on the shrub itself. This is why high-quality gloves are a must-have for every gardener. You can even have multiple pairs for different types of gardening work.
Garden beds
If you are not very satisfied how your garden looks, it may be because it’s not very well organized. If you wish to have your garden looking tidy all year round, many expert gardeners recommend installing metal raised garden beds. You may make garden beds out of basically any material on the market, be it wood or steel.
A garden bed should be constructed from materials that are natural, gorgeous, long-lasting, sustainable, and reasonably priced. To be frank, annually replacing wooden garden beds can be quite annoying as the wood is quick to crack under the Australian sun. Stainless steel garden beds are the most durable, meaning they won't need to be replaced for the rest of your life.
Irrigation
It's not uncommon to find professional irrigation systems in relatively smaller home gardens. Having a sprinkler system will pay off in the long run since they reduce the amount of water you would waste if you watered your lawn by hand.
Investing in a lawn irrigation system is a simple and inexpensive approach to maintaining a lush and green lawn even during the hottest summers in Sydney. The irrigation system piping has to be customized to fit your lawn perfectly, which is why we recommend you look into services doing steel fabrication in Sydney that will cut the piping structure to the size you need.
Shovel
Many amateur gardeners insist on using a hand trowel for digging. However, if you need to dig a bit deeper to plant a larger tree, the task could take you a whole workday. To complete this in a fraction of the time, invest in a long-handled, pointed digging shovel. The handle must be of the highest quality and durability.
Spade
A spade is a digging tool with a long handle and a thin, flat head. It's an essential part of every gardener's toolkit. You'll need it for a wide variety of digging, edging, transplanting, dividing, and trenching projects. Further, if you wish to sow seeds in your new metal garden bed, a spade can be very helpful! All in all, if you catch yourself not knowing what to do when gardening, a spade may be of help!
Hose
You can easily tend to houseplants with the help of a lightweight plastic watering can. However, a hose is a must for those with bigger gardens. A wide variety of hoses are available, including standard, expandable, and retractable ones that come in their own wall-mounted casing.
Therefore, don’t try to water your whole huge garden with a watering can. Not only will it take you hours, but it’s also physically hard to carry a large can all day. So help yourself and go get a hose!
Fork
A garden fork is an essential tool for every gardener because of its versatility, as it may help you with a plethora of challenges. From a simple aeration task to creating holes for tiny seeds, a form seems to be handy for it all. You may also break up compact soil, mix in the soil treatment or even remove stones and annoying weeds. Its robust and pointed tines make it superior to a spade for digging into tough soil.
Rake
A garden fork and a rake are two completely different tools though they may look similar. Rakes tend to have wider and longer tines, so they don’t provide a hard push into the soil, making them less than ideal for digging. However, they are perfect for a whole other set of gardening problems. If you get annoyed by the autumn leaves, a rake may help you gently gather them into a pile.
Conclusion
We hope that our list of handy tools has helped you improve your gardening skills. With these must-haves, your garden shed will be complete, and there won’t be a gardening challenge you can’t handle on your own. After all, gardening is meant to be fun and relaxing!
