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Hoe & Barrow: The Right Garden Tools

In these hectic times, not a lot of folks have the time or energy to spare for their gardens, even though they would love their gardens to look like a dream. But too much effort can leave you drained and with not enough time to enjoy your garden. This is where garden tools come in. With the right garden tools, gardening can become an enjoyable, stress-free experience. While there are several different brands of garden tools on the market, you have to be careful in choosing exactly what you need.

Before going on to the more fancy items, get the basics right. The essential garden tools that you need are pruners, shears, hand spades, shovels, sprinklers and outdoor brooms. However, to make things easier for you, we have made a list of garden tools that are used by both amateur and professional gardeners, not including the basic items we have just mentioned.

Mattocks: A mattock is an important gardening tool that is used to break up the soil and work around trees with deep-reaching roots. In fact, a mattock combines the functions of a pick and a hoe, as you will no doubt have realized.

Rakes: A good rake is absolutely crucial to a neat and well-kept garden. Never mind how often you sweep your garden, nothing removes dead leaves with the ease of a well-constructed rake, and it is a must have in your garden tools collection.

Shredders: These are motorized tools designed to help you speed up your shredding. Most garden shredders run on a high-watt motor and are equipped with silent crushing systems. They easy to assemble and can help you prune short trees as well, is easy to move and has built-in wheels.

Spading fork: This is a very handy tool used mainly for aerating and transplanting and less commonly, for splitting grasses and perennials. You can also use it as a manure and mulch fork, and to sort hay.

Transplanting shovel: Your job would be made a lot easier if you were to have a separate transplanting shovel rather than one all-purpose shovel for digging as well as transplanting. Not only would you get the job done quicker, but the outcome would be better too.

Cultivators: These garden tools are equipped with tines to help cut hard soil. Designed to appeal to the veteran gardener, cultivators are ideal for cleaning moss, aerating and thatching, which are essential for the preparation of vegetable plots and flowerbeds.

Leaf sweepers: These tools are very useful for smaller lawns, on which they can operate fitted with a 200-liter leaf collector.

Lawnmower: While not strictly a gardening tool per se, a lawnmower has no replacement when it comes to keeping your lawn in shape. You can choose from among a variety of models and brands, but always make sure your choice suits your lawn.

Finally, remember that faulty gardening tools can damage your garden and injure you in the bargain. So even if you have to pay slightly higher prices, don�t pinch pennies when it comes to buying garden tools.