You don’t need to have a huge collection, but having the right garden tools can make taking care of your outdoor space so much easier. Here are 10 tools that it’s hard to do without.
3. Hand fork
Another small but essential garden tool, a hand fork allows you to break up hard, lumpy soil and mix in crumbly compost to achieve a consistency that your plants can grow roots in.
4. Shovel
If you’ve got some serious digging to do, using a hand trowel will take all day. Get a long-handled, pointed digging shovel to do the work in a fraction of the time. This is a garden tool that really has to be well-made and tough, because the handle will be under a lot of pressure.
5. Digging fork
A digging fork is just a larger, long-handled version of the hand fork, though with straight rather than angled prongs. Use it for loosening soil over larger areas or to break up hard soil before digging.
6. Rake
Rakes have more uses than you might think. As well as being the best way to clear leaves or twigs from your lawn, they can also be used for breaking up soil and levelling out beds. You can choose from straight-headed rakes or leaf rakes with longer, lighter prongs.
