SUPPLIES

You can tackle most gardening tasks (digging, planting, pruning) with the essentials; pick up any extras as you go, to ease your efforts.

essentials

Gardening gloves

Hand cultivator

Handsaw (for pruning branches)

Hoe (for weeding and mounding soil)

Japanese weeder

Lawn mower

Secateurs (or hand pruners)

Shovel (for hauling)

Spade (for breaking ground)

Trowel (for planting and weeding)

Watering hose (with nozzle attachment) or watering can (for patio gardens)

extras

Garden fork (for turning soil)

Hedge shears

Hori hori (weeding knife)

Loppers (or long-handled pruners)

Plant markers

Spring rake (for leaves)

Weeder/edger

Wheelbarrow