Have you recently taken up the hobby for gardening or has it always been your passion? Whichever it is, most beginners to gardening feel overwhelmed when reading through the many items on online gardening checklists. To be honest, you don’t need to spend on half of them as they will rarely be used EVER.
So instead of blindly relying on the 25+ items in a gardening tool kit, here is a list of only 10 items you need to get started.
10 Things You Need To Kick-start Your Own Gardening Toolkit
Weeders
As the name suggests, these are used to clean any breeding weedsa from the garden. Weeders easily penetrate the soil and effortlessly remove weed roots from underneath. All beginners must know that unattended weed can damage the planted vegetables and fruits from within and can be extremely tough to get rid of if grown.
Wheelbarrow
Lawns and gardens don’t grow overnight. They may take up to months to start looking like one. Till then, where/how are you going to keep/distribute excess soil, seeds or compost? A Wheelbarrow is another essential for those DIY-ing their gardens. They can haul tens of pounds in weight, saving one to have to carry it around by hand.
Gloves
As beautiful as the concept of gardening sounds, it can also turn thorny, splintery and painful. This is why you must have solid pair of gloves to protect your hands from any such painful events. Since it will be a onetime investment, be sure to buy a durable pair.
Hand rake
Every autumn, your garden will be piled with over a thousand fallen leaves. These will have to be cleaned daily as not doing so will suffocate the plants underneath and cause their death. This is where a hand rake comes in. It also gets rid of any debris on the surface of the garden without damaging the roots below.
Shears
Shears are another essential item for your gardening kit as they help in trimming, cutting back and edging the grass around the shrubs, trees and clumps of perennials.
Scissors
Scissors are a must when cutting soft-stemmed shrubs, deadheading, pruning delicate flowers, thinning perennials and snipping twines. They are the easiest to use too. Gardening scissors are sharper than regular scissors.
Garden Hose
This is a must investment unless you want to spend a day watering plants with a watering can. Most hoses have different water pressures. Since you are just starting out, there is no need to invest in an advanced one. A simple one with a pipe and a tap will do too.
Pruning Saw
A pruning saw helps cut small branches. These are ideal to keep shrubs from expanding unnecessarily. A pruning saw comes in two variants. Some models have a folding blade while other have a fixed blade. If you are a beginner, start with the fixed blade pruning saw as it is easier to handle and work with.
Hori Hori Knife
This is a multi-task, lightweight knife used to divide and transplant and dig perennials or weed. Having one will save you the trouble of getting your whole gardening kit out just to get rid of some troublesome weed.
Loppers
Having trouble getting at thick branches? Are regular pruners not any help? Thank god, you invested in a lopper. If you didn’t, you now know that you must. Loppers are sturdier than regular pruners that help with the pruning of deep-rooted and thick branches.
