TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

A hand shovel is a tool for digging, scooping and moving loose materials such as
earth, coal, gravel, snow, sand and tarmac. Hand shovels have been customized
for all sorts of tasks and environments.

Digging tool In gardening, a spade is a hand tool used to dig or loosen ground, or
to break up lumps in the soil. Together with the fork it forms one of the chief
implements wielded by the hand in agriculture and horticulture. It is sometimes
considered a type of shovel.

A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with

a handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting
and turning over soil in gardening and farming. 

Bypass pruners (secateurs) are like scissors where the top blade or big blade
passes by the lower smaller blade, whereas; the anvil pruners have one blade
that smashes into the anvil (bottom flat piece) to cut. Think of a knife and cutting
board or flat surface.

Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches,

like secateurs with very long handles. They are the largest type of manual garden
cutting tool.

A hand cultivator is a gardening tool that is used

to turn the soil where you plan on planting and for removing weeds. In
small flower or vegetable gardens, it can also be used like a small plow to dig
the planting rows.
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A hori-hori, sometimes referred to as a "soil knife" or a "weeding knife", is

a heavy serrated multi-purpose steel blade for gardening jobs such as
digging or cutting. The blade is sharp on both sides and comes to a semi-
sharp point at the end.

Garden trowel, a tool with a pointed, scoop-shaped metal blade and wooden,
metal, or plastic handle. It is used for breaking up earth, digging small holes,
especially for planting and weeding, mixing in fertilizer or other additives, and
transferring plants to pots.
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A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to
shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops. Shaping the soil
includes piling soil around the base of plants (hilling), digging narrow furrows
(drills) and shallow trenches for planting seeds or bulbs. 

 A leaf rake is a lightweight rake that is shaped like a fan with flat, springy tines
radiating outward. This type of rake is designed to be light enough to glide over
grass without damaging it and digging into the turf. Leaf rakes are also sometimes referred to as lawn rakes.

A rake is a broom for outside use; a horticultural implement consisting of a toothed

bar fixed transversely to a handle, or tines fixed to a handle, and used to collect
leaves, hay, grass, etc., and in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and
levelling,

A watering can (or watering pot) is a portable container, usually with a handle
and a funnel, used to water plants by hand.
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An irrigation sprinkler is a device used to irrigate agricultural crops, lawns,
landscapes, golf courses, and other areas. They are also used for cooling and
for the control of airborne dust. Sprinkler irrigation is the method of applying
water in a controlled manner in way similar to rainfall. 

Gardeners wear gloves for many different reasons, such as: keep hands and
fingernails clean and dry. avoid blisters and calluses. prevent cuts and scrapes,
or protect existing cuts and scrapes from infection

A dandelion digger is a tool designed to remove dandelions and other

weeds by the root, with minimal soil disturbance or harm to neighboring
plants. Dandelion diggers typically look like large screwdrivers, with the
digging end shaped like a fish tail.
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Woodman’s Pal
It’s a machete, shovel, brush axe, and knife all combined in one.

A bucket is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square,

with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle.

"organic" has come to imply products used in organic farming. Under this definition,
an organic herbicide is one that can be used in a farming enterprise that has been
classified as organic. Depending on the application, they may be less effective than
synthetic herbicides and are generally used along with cultural and mechanical.
weed control practices.