TOOLS IN PLANTING

A tool used in digging and loosening hard and dry soil. It has thin blade across the end of a long handle.

• hoe

• trowel

• axe

• rake

A long handled tool having a bar at one end with teeth in it. It is used for smoothing the soil and gathering together loose leaves, hay or straw.

• hoe

• axe

• rake

• water sprinkler

A tool with a curved blade used for loosening ground and taking up small plants.

• axe

• trowel

• shovel

• hoe

A tool with flat, sharp blade fastened to a handle used for cutting trunk of trees and their branches

• crowbar

• axe

• bolo

• rake

A straight, heavy iron bar pointed at one end but 4 feet in length; used for digging holes for planting seedlings.

• bolo

• crowbar

• axe

• rake

A tool resembling a table fork but much bigger in size. It is used in digging and preparing the soil for the plants.

• axe

• trowel

• shovel

• fork

A tool with a broad or scoop attached to a handle. It is used to dig, lift, and throw loose matter.

• fork

• trowel

• shovel

• bolo

A can with a spout to sprinkle water on the plants.

• bolo

• crowbar

• water sprinkler

• trowel

It is used for cutting small branches including the unnecessary branches.

• pruning shears

• shovel

• wheelbarrow

• hose

It is used while working in the garden, made of strong rubber to protect from thorns and withstand punctures

• garden gloves

• bolo

• sprayer

• pruning shears