Thursday, July 28, 2011

Gardening Tools Can Make You More Productive And Ease Your Life

By Charles Carbon Xavier


Gardening tools have been used ever since people first started cultivating plants for food. In fact, there are even some original gardening tools that are designed so efficiently that these are still used today. The tools you will need will basically depend on the size of your gardens and how accessible they are from all sides. You can get by with just the basics and bare-bones collection of standard garden tools. This could mean having only sufficient tools to turn over the soil, dig and get through the basic chores of caring for plants. If you are not so familiar with what is available, then that can be easily remedied. This article will look at some common garden tools in more detail and discuss whether these will suit your needs.

You might not be so sure of the names of the tools you want, which leads to some tools being misused or mistaken for other items. For instance, some people are easily confused by the differences between a shovel and a spade. A spade is actually what you are supposed to use for digging. Yet a shovel is designed to be wider and flatter so it's ideal for scooping up looser soil or dirt. Some tool makers will create spades that have a D-shaped handle. In that case, it can be handy to also use it to scoop materials. Ideally, the spade or shovel you choose should be made from forged metal You can find pressed metal tools, but they will tend to bend easily.

While it might be a bit quicker to water the whole garden with the hose, it's not always the best idea. Very small plants or delicate plants are easily damaged with higher water pressure from the hose. You can protect them by opting to use a watering can and then ensuring you only water the plants at the base. If you still want to use a hose, be sure you buy the correct attachments for watering delicate plants. But be sure you can throttle the water flow enough to prevent damage. The materials used to make watering cans and hose attachments will vary, so choose one to suit you.

There are quite a few methods for dealing with weeds in your garden. It's easy to find some useful homemade weed spray recipes that won't harm other plants, and companion planting can also be very effective in keeping weeds at bay. The types of garden tools you choose to keep weeds down will depend on how big your garden is. You don't need to crawl around in the garden pulling weeds by hand if you use a weed digger. This handy tool almost looks like a spear and has a metal tip on the end, but the tip is cut so it has two angles almost like an inverted triangle. If you push the tip into the ground near the roots, it will leverage out the weed you want gone, including the roots.

We feel that it is so essential to use only top quality gardening tools that we advise people to replace their tools if the quality is poor. If your toolbox consists of poorly constructed tools, it might be an idea to replace them with stronger pieces that will last you a lot longer. You will be more efficient in the garden if you do so.

Many people are finding that CAD, or computer aided design, can help them out quite a bit on each of their do it yourself projects. You can test out various things and find out the way they look before beginning. CAD is straightforward to master, and you can utilize it for almost anything. Why not begin today?




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