Want to know the best tools for gardening and their uses? With so many tools to choose from you may wonder which tools you need and why.
A master gardener once told me he only used the tools God gave him —his hands. That’s fine if you don’t want to show up to an event with soil all in your nails (which I’ve done before and it wasn’t cute). There are other reasons tools are beneficial to suit so many gardening needs.
I’m going to teach you what tools you need to have on hand and why.
This post is all about gardening tools and their uses.
Gardening Tools and Their Uses
Digging
These 3 tools will help you with most of your gardening needs. Whether it be getting weeds completely out of the ground (spade), making a hole for planting seedlings (hand shovel), or creating tons of holes quickly to plant bulbs these tools should be on hand (auger).
- Spade
- Auger
- Shovel
Raking
Whichever rake you need: a wide plastic leaf rake in the fall to gather up as many leaves as you can (especially for making leaf mulch), a metal smaller rake for cleaning up around shrubs, or a hand rake for tidying up your garden bed — a rake is an essential tool.
- Leaf Rake
- Shrub Rake
- Hand Rake
Pulling
Using your hand or foot to weed or pluck is so much easier with tools like these. They can protect your hands from overuse and your back from too much bending. Even deep rooted weeds are no match for tools like these.
- Long-handled weed puller with foot lever
- Garden Gloves with Fingertips Claws
- Garden Hoe
There is more…
Cutting
Every time you are in the garden you should have a pair of pruners in your pocket because there is always a need to snip something. But, that’s not all, larger tools like shears and hedgers are great for shaping up bushes, vines, and trees.
- Handheld Pruners
- Shears
- Hedgers
Hauling
Trips to your garden to plant, fertilize, harvest or do whatever you do can require lots of supplies. Why not load them all up and roll them on wagons or carts to make your life simpler and get the job done faster?
- Wheelbarrow
- Garden Cart
- Flatbed Nursery Wagon
Sowing (Bonus #6)
Take your seed or bulb planting to the next level with these garden helpers. If those tiny seeds are hard for you to sprinkle where you want them or you have a lot of land to cover and need quick ways to get a ton of planting done —then, these are the tools for you.
- Garden Seeder
- Hand-held Seed Dispenser/Sower
- Bulb Planter
