There is a huge selection of gardening tools, accessories, and gadgets out there. In fact, there are so many that it’s often overwhelming to figure out which ones are needed for outdoor projects. While this is true, there are specific tools that almost everyone uses in their lawn and garden.

Here, you can learn about some of the most commonly used gardening tools, and ones you should add to your must-buy list right away.

Garden Fork

An effective way to turn your soil is with a garden fork. In fact, these work much better than using a spade. There are several gardening forks to choose from, with several options available to choose from.

A fork that has a slight curve to the spine is beneficial for turning compost piles or scooping mulch, similar to a pitchfork. One with straight tines is great for digging, and using in clay, rocky, or compacted soil. If the fork has square tines, these are stronger than flat ones, which may bend if they hit a root or rock.

Garden Hoe

If you plan to weed your entire garden, remove unwanted roots, dig trenches, or move around a large amount of soil, then using a garden hoe is ideal. A quality garden hoe, like the ones on the Easy Digging website, can easily cut through tough soil and obstacles without trouble.

It doesn’t matter if you are weeding, cultivating, planting, chopping or digging in your flower or garden bed, you need to have a good hoe to use.

Soil Knife

The soil knife is an important gardening tool. It’s versatile and can replace several other tools in your shed.

You can use a soil knife for planting herbs, vegetables, flowers, and bulbs. You can also use it for cutting ties and twine, cleaning out cracks, cutting through roots, removing rocks, digging out weeks, divining plants, opening bags, and more.

Loppers

Another helpful cutting tool is the lopper. These are essentially pruners, but with longer handles, that are used for trimming areas that are harder to reach, along with thick branches. The long handles provide the needed leverage to cut through a branch that is over an inch in diameter. The handles on loppers usually range from 16 to 36 inches.

Watering Hose

Plants have to have water. There are several options available when it is time to water your plants, but for most people, a hose is the most viable option. You can’t always count on it to rain when your plants need water and depending on how big or small your garden is and the number of plants that need water, the only practical option may be a water hose.

Make sure you choose the proper length and that it can reach your vegetable gardens and flower beds without issue. You may also want to get a watering wand or hose nozzle to customize the spray pattern. This can also give you a bit more reach.

If you have just a small area to water, then a watering can may be fine. There are also lower maintenance watering solutions, such as watering bags, soaker hoses, and a drip irrigation system.  

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Garden Cart or Wheelbarrow

Having a garden cart or wheelbarrow is going to help you get a lot done, without having to keep going back and forth. Also, these can help you move materials that are too heavy for you to carry all the way across the yard.

Getting the Right Tools for the Job

As you can see, there are more than a few must-have gardening tools. Be sure you have the items listed here on-hand to handle any gardening task you need to do.