Difference between revisions of "Garden tools"
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| − | File:Weeder.jpg|'''Push hoe''' | + | File:Weeder.jpg|'''Push hoe''' to cut weeds just under the surface |
| − | File:Hakken (Hoes).jpg|Different types of '''hoes''' | + | File:Hakken (Hoes).jpg|Different types of '''hoes''' to control weeds by agitating the surface of the soil around plants, piling soil around the base of plants (hilling), creating narrow furrows (drills) and shallow trenches for planting seeds and bulbs, to chop weeds, roots and crop residues |
| − | File:Peasant in the vegetable garden.JPG|'''Heavy hoe''' | + | File:Peasant in the vegetable garden.JPG|'''Heavy hoe''' to dig or move soil |
| − | File:Spade.jpg|'''Spades ''' | + | File:Spade.jpg|'''Spades ''' for digging or removing earth, the small one for clay soil, the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil |
| − | File:Hark (rake).jpg|'''Hand rake''' | + | File:Hark (rake).jpg|'''Hand rake''' for loosening the soil, light weeding and leveling, removing dead grass and weeds from gardens |
| − | File:Wooden rake.jpg|'''Wooden hand rake''' | + | File:Wooden rake.jpg|'''Wooden hand rake''' for hay |
| − | File:GrassRake.jpg|'''Grass rake''' | + | File:GrassRake.jpg|'''Grass rake''' for leaves and grass |
| − | File:Edger.jpg|'''Edger ''' | + | File:Edger.jpg|'''Edger ''' to cleanly separate a lawn from a walkway or borders with vegetables and flowers. |
| − | File:Hand cultivators 120530.JPG|Two of my '''hand cultivators''' with different lengths of the handles | + | File:Hand cultivators 120530.JPG|Two of my '''hand cultivators''' with different lengths of the handles. Hand cultivators are used to stir the soil, either before planting to aerate the soil and prepare a smooth, loose seedbed or after the crop has begun, also to aerate the soil and to kill weeds. |
| − | File:Double-digging 4.jpg|A digging fork or ''''grelinette'''' with five teeth | + | File:Bar spade.jpg|A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It is used similarly to a spade. |
| − | File:One-pin grelinette 120421.JPG|'''One-pin grelinette''' or garden fork | + | File:Double-digging 4.jpg|A digging fork or ''''grelinette'''' with five teeth. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It has the advantage that it doesn't disturb the layers in the soil. |
| − | File:HondaTiller.jpg|Motorized cultivator or '''tiller''' | + | File:One-pin grelinette 120421.JPG|'''One-pin grelinette''' or garden fork, works deeper than the ordinary grelinette or garden fork |
| − | File:CompostBinTube wb.jpg|A '''pitchfork '''next to a compost bin | + | File:HondaTiller.jpg|Motorized cultivator or '''tiller'''. It can perform many functions such as plowing, cultivating and tilling of the soil. Rototilling is much faster than manual tilling, but exhausting work, especially when using the heavier models. |
| − | File:Secateur ouvert.jpg|'''Pruning shears''' | + | File:CompostBinTube wb.jpg|A '''pitchfork '''next to a compost bin. It used to lift and pitch (throw) loose material, such as hay, leaves, dung or other agricultural materials. |
| + | File:Secateur ouvert.jpg|'''Pruning shears''' are used to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick. | ||
File:Astschere.jpg|Loppers - '''Loppers '''are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles around 65 cm long to give good leverage. | File:Astschere.jpg|Loppers - '''Loppers '''are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles around 65 cm long to give good leverage. | ||
File:Hippen.JPG|The '''billhook '''is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs and branches. | File:Hippen.JPG|The '''billhook '''is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs and branches. | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 30 May 2012
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Gallery
Push hoe to cut weeds just under the surface
Different types of hoes to control weeds by agitating the surface of the soil around plants, piling soil around the base of plants (hilling), creating narrow furrows (drills) and shallow trenches for planting seeds and bulbs, to chop weeds, roots and crop residues
Heavy hoe to dig or move soil
Spades for digging or removing earth, the small one for clay soil, the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil
Hand rake for loosening the soil, light weeding and leveling, removing dead grass and weeds from gardens
Wooden hand rake for hay
Grass rake for leaves and grass
Edger to cleanly separate a lawn from a walkway or borders with vegetables and flowers.
Two of my hand cultivators with different lengths of the handles. Hand cultivators are used to stir the soil, either before planting to aerate the soil and prepare a smooth, loose seedbed or after the crop has begun, also to aerate the soil and to kill weeds.
A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It is used similarly to a spade.
A digging fork or 'grelinette' with five teeth. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It has the advantage that it doesn't disturb the layers in the soil.
One-pin grelinette or garden fork, works deeper than the ordinary grelinette or garden fork
Motorized cultivator or tiller. It can perform many functions such as plowing, cultivating and tilling of the soil. Rototilling is much faster than manual tilling, but exhausting work, especially when using the heavier models.
A pitchfork next to a compost bin. It used to lift and pitch (throw) loose material, such as hay, leaves, dung or other agricultural materials.
Pruning shears are used to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick.
Loppers - Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles around 65 cm long to give good leverage.
The billhook is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs and branches.
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