Things you need in a garden.

Gardening
Axe Boots gloves Hoe
Edging Flowerpot
Fertiliser

Lawn mower Pitchfork Pruning saw Scarifier

Rake Secateurs
Hose

Shovel Spade Sprinkler Trowel Watering can

Shears Wheelbarrow
Match the halves of sentences.

1. You use an axe to a) feed plants, shrubs, and trees.

2. You use fertiliser to b) uproot weeds (take out of the soil).
3. You use a hoe to c) water the garden.
4. You use a lawn mower to d) chop down trees.
5. You use a pitchfork to e) pick (casual) or harvest (formal) fruit or vegetables.
6. You use secateurs or shears to f) aerate the soil (let air get down into it).
7. You use a hose and a sprinkler to g) mow the grass (or lawn) (cut it neatly).
8. You use a trowel to h) make lines in the soil (called “furrows”) to sow seeds (put seeds into
the ground).
9. You use fertiliser to i) prune trees and shrubs (cut off dead parts).
10.You use a scarifier to j) feed plants.
11.In spring, you k) scoop fertiliser or soil.

AstroTurf – plastic grass Three punnets of seedlings.

Manure – fertiliser from animals

Compost – fertiliser from plants
Nursery – place to buy plants and garden tools. You buy seedlings (very little baby plants) in punnets.
Shed – little building in the garden for keeping your tools.
Watch the video and answer the questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfRuujDYp30

How to build a no-dig garden – DIY Garden Projects – Gardening Australia

1. What do you need a lot of (how many hours a day)?

2. Where are they starting the garden?
3. How deep do they make a vegetable patch?
4. Is it better to dig in only a few things or lots of things?
5. Why does she start with wood on the bottom?
6. Where can you get free mulch?
7. Name at least three other things she adds.
8. How does she arrange the things she digs in?
9. Why does she say chicken manure is better than horse manure?
10. What is she going to plant?
11. Now that she’s ready to plant, is that as good as it will ever be?