What are the essential tools for a beginning gardener?
I have a friend who is wanting to start gardening in her bare backyard. Her birthday is coming up and I want to put together a little package of essential gardening tools. I don’t know anything about gardening myself, so please help!
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June 19th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
hoe, hand shovel, weed digger, knee pads, small bucket to carry tools around in, and small cushion to sit upon.
June 19th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
You can buy the whole kit at Lowe’s, but one needs a hoe, shovel, gloves, fertilize, water hose, and hopefully a tiller, but don’t bother with those little bitty things they are worthless.
June 19th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
A pair of hide gloves,couple of pairs of plastic gloves…these can be bought relatively cheaply. Some seeds ,bulbs,herbs…a small hand trowel,empty punnets,spray bottles she can put stickers on .Packet of paper masks…you don’t want any bacterial diseases from potting mixes..bandanna to keep the sweat from your eyes and you are cooking!
June 19th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
a pair of rubber gloves so you don’t get scratches, trowel for digging look like a spade but very small, garden sears or snip for cutting twigs and leaves; a hoe for deeper and wider diggings, hand shovel, cultivator to lossen the soil, a garden pail, tongs to pick up worms and bugs.
June 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
One shiny new pair of the best pruning shears in the world, namely, the “Felco 2″. Totally worth the price, they will last for years and years and every part is replaceable.
June 19th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
I am a long time gardener, and I own a variety of tools, each does a specific job. If your friend is going to plant roses or shrubs, a pair of hand pruners would be welcome (about $12).
A shovel is great (I only use short handled ones, I like that type best). $8 – $15
Small tools like a trowel and a hand hoe are nice (I never use a big hoe,it’s too much work). $5 – 10
And gloves. Nice, leather gloves, the thinner the better ($10).
A metal rake, the kind for moving soil or small rocks as opposed to the floppy leaf rake. I love to use a heavy rake to smooth out planting beds. $8 – 12
A good book on gardening, preferably organic gardening would be the best gift of all. $20
There are some excellent gardening forums in cyber land too, with people who have all sorts of know how.
If you shop around, you might find very cheap garden tools as stores tend to try to get rid of all that stuff by the end of summer.
I can garden anywhere with gloves, a shovel, a rake and a trowel. I can only prune things if I have snips, so those are the basics, for me (been gardening a long, long time).