Useful Garden Tools

Most gardeners start out with some of the most basic tools they’ll need for working in their gardens, but over time there are many others which can be quite handy to have on hand too. So today we’ll look at some of those.

1. Hedge Trimmers - Even if you don’t have a full fledge hedge, you might be surprised at how useful hedge trimmers can be when you just have a few bushes. As bushes grow they become unruly and unkempt. Now you can of course simply prune and clip them regularly to keep them under control and looking nice, but once they reach a certain age and size it almost seems as if you can never keep up. And this is made worse when you have several bushes to maintain. Hedge trimmers however, allow you to make quick work of the basic trimming and shaping, then you can simply leave them as they are after you’ve trimmed, or go in with your pruners and do some fine tuning instead.

2. Tree Lopers - Again these are not thought of in the early stages of a garden, particularly if you don’t have any trees. Once you do have trees however, and especially once they start growing to respectable sizes, you’ll find yourself having problems trimming and pruning them. Tree lopers are simply giant sized pruners. They have long handles so you’re able to reach branches well above your head, plus they’re much stronger so you can easily cut through the thicker branches of a tree.

3. Weedeaters & Edgers - This tool is wonderful whether you have weeds in your yard or not. If you plant flower beds with borders around them, you’ll quickly find that it’s not easy to trim the grass right up against your bed borders. And this is where edgers and weedeaters shine: They allow you to trim everything neatly and orderly, without damaging any of your prize garden flowers.

4. Potting bench or shed - Potting benches make container gardening easier, but they’re also useful for dividing plants too. They simply give you a comfortable work space where all of your tools and supplies are right on hand. A potting shed is an extension of the potting bench idea. It not only gives you space to work, but it also gives you room to store your garden tools and materials safely and neatly.

5. Lawn Aerators - Aerating your lawn helps it to grow more lush and healthy. Many people don’t know that as the grass grows, it can eventually make it difficult for sun and nutrients to get down into the soil where the roots need it most. By aerating your lawn though, you simply poke holes into it which allow additional water, sun, and nutrients to reach the roots of your grass and ground covers.