Gardening tools Gardening tools In farming and gardening, the broadfork is a tool used to manually break up densely packed soil, like hardpan, to improve aeration and drainage. It consists of five or so metal tines, approximately eight inches long, spaced a few inches apart on a horizontal bar, with two handles extending upwards to chest or shoulder level, forming a large U-shape. The operator steps up on the crossbar, using full bodyweight to drive the tines into the ground, then steps backward while pulling backwards on the handles, causing the tines to lever upwards through the soil (imagine a giant comb or better, an Afro pick). This action leaves the soil layers intact, rather than inverting or mixing them, which preserves the topsoil structure. A broadfork can be used in a garden, or practically for one to two acres (4,000 to 8,000 m²). For larger areas, a tractor- or animal-powered chisel plow or similar tool is usually employed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Broadfork"
A brush hook is a gardening instrument resembling a hoe used for clearing out heavy undergrowth from trails commonly used by survey crews. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brush hook"
A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, to separate grains from their husks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flail (agriculture)"
A garden hose or hosepipe is a kind of hose which is used for watering plants in a garden or a lawn. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as a sprayers and sprinklers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Garden hose"
A Growbag is a large plastic bag filled with peat or a similar growth medium, it was initially produced in the 1970s. The system was originally invented for home use but has since spread into market gardening and farming. ...more on Wikipedia about "Growbag"
The hoe is a hand tool used in farming and gardening. It has a blade, usually of metal, attached to a long handle, usually of wood. There are many types of blade, with a variety of uses, probably the most common of which is the removal of weeds. Along with the spade and fork, the hoe is considered a basic, essential hand farming implement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoe (tool)"
The kirpi is a small traditional hand weeding tool. It evolved in India as a multi-purpose gardening implement. The tool has a wooden handle and a curved blade. The cutting edge on the outside curve of the blade can be used for hand hoeing, while the serrated inside edge cuts through dead vegetation or tough roots. The pointed tip can be used for raking out deep roots. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kirpi"
A lawn mower (or lawnmower) is a type of mower, used to cut grass or other plants to an even length. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lawn mower"
The leaf blower was invented by Japanese engineers in the early 1970s and introduced to the United States as a lawn and garden maintenance tool. Drought conditions in California facilitated acceptance of the leaf blower as the use of water for many garden clean-up tasks was prohibited. By 1990, annual sales were over 800,000 in the U.S., and the tool had become a ubiquitous gardening implement. Soon after the leaf blower was introduced into the U.S., its use was banned in two California cities, Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1975 and Beverly Hills in 1978, as a noise nuisance. There are currently twenty California cities that have banned leaf blowers, sometimes only within residential neighborhoods and usually targeting gasoline-powered equipment. Another 80 cities have ordinances on the books restricting either usage or noise level or both. Other cities have discussed and rejected leaf blower bans. Nationwide, two states, Arizona and New Jersey, have considered laws at the state level, and five other states have at least one city with a leaf blower ordinance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leaf blower"
A mattock is an agricultural tool similar to a mining pick. It is distinguished by the head terminating in a broader blade rather than a narrow spike, which makes it particularly suitable for breaking up moderately hard ground. This broad bladed end was effectively an adze that could be used as a hoe as well. If the reverse had a pointed end the tool was called a pick mattock and if it instead had a axe-like splitting end it was a cutter mattock. A combination axe and mattock used for fighting forest fires is a pulaski. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mattock"
A Rake ( Old English raca, cognate with Dutch raak, German Rechen, from a root meaning "to scrape together," "heap up") is an agricultural and horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used for the collection of leaves, cut hay and grass, etc., and, in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and levelling, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the harrow. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rake (tool)"
A pair of shears is any scissors-type tool of relatively large size. Like scissors, shears combine slightly offset jaws to cut material through physical shear, and combine this with levers to apply a considerable shear force. Shears are usually intended for cutting much heavier material than scissors though. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shears"
A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, dirt, or sand. It is usually a hand tool consisting of a broad blade with edges or sides that is fixed to a medium-length handle. The term "shovel" is also ...more on Wikipedia about "Shovel"
In gardening, a spade is a hand tool used to dig or loosen ground, or to break up clumps in the soil. Together with the fork it forms one of the chief implements wielded by the hand in agriculture and horticulture. It is sometimes considered a type of shovel. Its typical shape is a broad flat blade with a sharp lower edge, straight or curved. The upper edge on either side of the handle affords space for the foot of the digger, which drives it into the ground. The wooden handle ends in a cross-piece, usually forming a kind of loop for the hand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spade"
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A trowel is either of two similar hand tools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trowel"
A wheelbarrow is a small one- or two- wheeled cart designed to be pushed by a single person using two handles to the rear. Designed to ease the transport of heavy, often loose, loads (see lever), their use is common in the construction industry and in gardening. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wheelbarrow"
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