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Tools for gardening

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Are you ready to get out there & garden - a place to plant and time to do it? You will need some basic tools to get started. Take the following list, and head to the nursery or hardware store and pick up basic tools such as: shovel, rake, watering can, shears, and hose. Don't forget seeds, plants, bulbs, and mulch! Whether you are tilling, cultivating, planting, watering or weeding - the items on this list should cover your gardening needs. Choose the items that you need and start planting!

  • Bucket
  • Bulbs
  • Cultivator
  • Dandelion digger
  • D-grip spade
  • Edger
  • Garden design & plans
  • Garden hose
  • Garden rake
  • Gardening knife
  • Gloves
  • Hand pruners
  • Hand trowel
  • Hat & sun block
  • Hedge shears
  • Hoe
  • Hose
  • Label stakes
  • Loppers
  • Markers (so you know what you planted where)
  • Mattock
  • Measuring tape
  • Mulch
  • Organic matter
  • Pest controls
  • Place to safely store tools when done
  • Planters
  • Plants
  • Pots
  • Pruning shears
  • Pruning straw
  • Pry bar
  • Push broom
  • Rake
  • Safety plan if kids are around
    Saw
  • Seeds
  • Shovel
  • Smaller tools & gloves so children can help out
  • Space for garden (yard, box)
  • Spade
  • Spading fork
  • Sprayer
  • Spreader
  • Sprinkler
  • Stakes
  • Stool or bench (if bad knees)
  • String
  • Tank sprayer
  • Tarp
  • Tool belt, apron, tote or bucket
  • Tool sharpener
  • Tools
  • Trowel
  • Water to drink
  • Watering can
  • Weed wrench
  • Weeder
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Yard stick