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Make your gardening more enjoyable and easy by using the right tools for each job! For a small garden you can do with fewer tools but if your garden is bigger, it pays off to buy more tools and to learn using and applying them in the right way.
  
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To loosen a soil there are various tools. There's the normal spade, but you can also use a heavy hoe, a hand cultivator or a 'grelinette.' I use a grelinette or garden fork more than a spade, as the work is easier, especially because with a grelinette the soil layers aren't disturbed, meaning that the top soil which contains more oxygen-loving micro-organisms and more humus remains top soil.
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For weeding you can use a hand cultivator, a normal hoe or a push hoe. You've got to try out which one of these works best for your soil. I use several types of hoes and several types of push hoes, depending on how hard the soil is and how thick and high the weeds. Narrower hoes are good to go in-between lines with crops while wider hoes work faster when you have more space.
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Browse through the gallery and make yourself familiar with the different types of garden tools. For further reading go to the external links below.
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== A gallery of common garden tools ==
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: ''See the [http://eagle-rock.org/index.php/Garden_tools#External_links External links] below for more information about these tools''
 
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File:Weeder.jpg|Push hoe
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File:Weeder.jpg|'''Push hoe''' to cut weeds just under the surface
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File:Hakken (Hoes).jpg|Different types of hoes
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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
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File:Peasant in the vegetable garden.JPG|Heavy hoe
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File:Peasant in the vegetable garden.JPG|'''Heavy hoe''' to dig or move soil
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File:Spade.jpg|Spade; the small one for clay soil, the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil
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File:Spade.jpg|'''Spades ''' for digging or removing earth, the small one for clay soil, the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil
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File:Hark (rake).jpg|Hand rake
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File:Hark (rake).jpg|'''Hand rake''' for loosening the soil, light weeding and leveling, removing dead grass and weeds from gardens
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File:Wooden rake.jpg|Wooden hand rake
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File:Wooden rake.jpg|'''Wooden hand rake''' for hay
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File:GrassRake.jpg|Grass rake
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File:GrassRake.jpg|'''Grass rake''' for leaves and grass
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File:Edger.jpg|Edger
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File:Edger.jpg|'''Edger ''' to cleanly separate a lawn from a walkway or borders with vegetables and flowers.
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File:Hand cultivators 120530.JPG|Two of my hand cultivators with different lengths of the handles
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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.
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File:Double-digging 4.jpg|A digging fork or 'grelinette' with five teeth
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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.
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File:One-pin grelinette 120421.JPG|One-pin grelinette or garden fork
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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.
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File:HondaTiller.jpg|Motorized cultivator or tiller
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File:One-pin grelinette 120421.JPG|'''One-pin grelinette''' or garden fork, works deeper than the ordinary grelinette or garden fork
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File:CompostBinTube wb.jpg|A pitchfork next to a compost bin
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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.
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File:Secateur ouvert.jpg|Pruning shears
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File:CompostBinTube wb.jpg|A '''pitchfork '''next to a compost bin. It is used to lift and pitch (throw) loose material, such as hay, leaves, dung or other agricultural materials.
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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.
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File:Secateur ouvert.jpg|'''Pruning shears''' are used to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick.
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Datei:Hippen.JPG|The billhook is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs and branches.
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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.
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File:Hippen.JPG|The '''billhook '''is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs and branches.
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File:Grondboor.jpg|A '''hand drill''' to make holes for poles to fix fences
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File:Hedge Trimming - Kolkata 2005-08-10 02050.JPG|A manual '''hedge trimmer'''. There also exist several types of motorized hedge trimmers.
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File:Scythe.jpg| A '''scythe''' is for mowing grass, or reaping crops. I use one like shown in the picture and a smaller one to cut grass in difficult corners.
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File:Wheelbarrow.jpg|A '''wheelbarrow''' is a device to carry loads.
 
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== Links ==
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== Back ==
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* [[Gardening Seminar:Start your own garden]] to go to the other sections of this seminar.
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* [[Some science for the gardener]] to go to the former section of this seminar
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== Next section ==
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* [[Preparing the soil]]
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== See also ==
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* [[Soil management]]
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* [[Weed control]]
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== External links ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook Billhook] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivator Cultivator] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edger Edger] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_fork Garden fork] Wikipedia
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* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grelinette Grelinette] French Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_trimmer Hedge trimmer] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_%28tool%29 Hoe (tool)] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loppers Loppers] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchfork Pitchfork] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_shears Pruning shears] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_%28tool%29 Rake (tool)] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe Scythe] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade Spade] Wikipedia
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelbarrow Wheelbarrow] Wikipedia
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== Comments ==
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivator
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[[Category:Gardening]]
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edger
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* http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hark
 

Latest revision as of 08:21, 31 May 2012

This is Section 4 of the Gardening Seminar:Start your own garden. Comments or questions are appreciated. You can also write to John Eagles.

Make your gardening more enjoyable and easy by using the right tools for each job! For a small garden you can do with fewer tools but if your garden is bigger, it pays off to buy more tools and to learn using and applying them in the right way.

To loosen a soil there are various tools. There's the normal spade, but you can also use a heavy hoe, a hand cultivator or a 'grelinette.' I use a grelinette or garden fork more than a spade, as the work is easier, especially because with a grelinette the soil layers aren't disturbed, meaning that the top soil which contains more oxygen-loving micro-organisms and more humus remains top soil.

For weeding you can use a hand cultivator, a normal hoe or a push hoe. You've got to try out which one of these works best for your soil. I use several types of hoes and several types of push hoes, depending on how hard the soil is and how thick and high the weeds. Narrower hoes are good to go in-between lines with crops while wider hoes work faster when you have more space.

Browse through the gallery and make yourself familiar with the different types of garden tools. For further reading go to the external links below.

A gallery of common garden tools

See the External links below for more information about these tools

  • 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 is 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.

  • A hand drill to make holes for poles to fix fences

  • A manual hedge trimmer. There also exist several types of motorized hedge trimmers.

  • A scythe is for mowing grass, or reaping crops. I use one like shown in the picture and a smaller one to cut grass in difficult corners.

  • A wheelbarrow is a device to carry loads.

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