You can name some gardening tools at will-but do you know all the ways to use them? What about those tools that don’t even know their names? From digging equipment to beautiful knives, make sure you know how to use the different equipment in the garden and how to keep it clean and store it safely. But in fact, many garden tools can be replaced by multifunctional garden tools, which will make your garden work easier and more efficient.

A guide to 15 gardening tools and how they work for you
Garden hoe
Let's start with the classic: the old garden hoe. This is the fastest way to set up pits under the soil surface, where you will plant seeds later. Especially if you want to draw a vegetable garden, this tool is an indispensable tool for building and spacing rows. It is also ideal for tasks such as harvesting vegetables, shaping the soil, spreading compost in small spaces, and removing old crops and weeds. Although you can choose a short-handled or long-handled hoe, the longer handle prevents back strains caused by bending and kneeling. Working in spacious areas such as vegetable gardens may require wider blades, and for gardens, delicate blades may be best.

Hand spatula
Think of it as your handheld mini shovel. Hand trowels are perfect for digging, transplanting, refilling, weeding, and even trimming. You can relocate small plants, transfer soil to pots, and plant bulbs or seedlings. This tool is essential whether you are an urban gardener planting potted plants on your porch or caring for an entire plot in your backyard. Pro tip: Due to their size, hand trowels can easily be misplaced when exercising in the garden, so trowels with bright-colored handles may be convenient.

weeder
Woman is weeding in the yard with a handheld weeder.

Uprooting weeds is probably the most terrible task of the gardener. Hand-held weeders with fork-shaped ends are a less frustrating way to loosen soil and grab hard-to-reach weeds. You may not be able to avoid pulling one at a time, but you can at least save some labor on your hands (and some dirt under your nails). A traditional manual weeder should be able to do this, although some gardeners prefer a vertical weeder with a foot lever that pushes the spikes into the ground and uproots the weeds.

Pruning shears
In order to maintain trees, shrubs, and other flowers with irregular branches and buds, a sharp pruning shear is necessary. Whether you are harvesting vegetables in summer or cleaning trees before winter, they will cut small branches and thick stems or vines cleanly.

Garden scissors
Unlike hand pruning shears, which are best for large-flowered plants, garden shears are used for pruning smaller and delicate flowering plants because they provide more control and precision. Understanding how and why pruning and headless techniques are invaluable to successful gardening.

Garden rake
Although you should definitely have a classic leaf rake on hand, it does not help you cultivate the soil. Choose a stronger bow-shaped rake with steel teeth, which will spread the mulch more effectively, remove leaves, and level and comb the soil surface. Both individual loft beds and expansive community gardens can benefit from this tool.

Digging/shovel fork
Garden rakes can decompose soil very well, but forks are your first choice for removing dirt and penetrating surfaces. This four-pronged pitchfork tool has strong tines and is used to loosen hardened soil and mix materials such as compost or mulch.

Curved blade shovel
Unless you have your own personal excavator sitting in the yard ready to dig into the landscape, an old, reliable, full-length digging shovel is essential. It is the heaviest tool for destroying and leveling the ground and preparing for the planting of trees, shrubs and other larger plants. The curved blade shovel is also suitable for transferring smaller soils from the wheelbarrow to the garden. You can also use them to mix potting soil or compost. Of course, these shovels have a foothold, so you can step on them firmly (and strengthen your garden game).

Flat shovel
The curved shovel is designed for shoveling, while the flat shovel (or shovel) is designed for digging, but with higher accuracy. When it comes to trimming or setting boundaries for new garden plots, this requires a flat, full-length, straight-edged shovel function to help divide the garden of your dreams. Use these shovels to remove plants from the soil and dig new holes, and help avoid disturbing established plants when working in confined spaces.

Garden knife
Even experienced gardeners may not be equipped with this. hori-hori claims to have originated in Japan, and this word is an onomatopoeia for sound mining. In other words, garden knives can easily become one of the most abnormal knives with a fuel tank filled with fresh fuel; this prevents the destructive accumulation of condensate during storage.

automatic chainsaw
The electric saw is a very important thing for gardeners. It can quickly solve some of your branches that cannot be solved with shears.

We want to add to your toolbox by meeting you in your gardening experience. Appropriate outdoor equipment is the first step to break ground on the project and pave the way for new possibilities.