Good gardening requires having the right equipment. However, the choice is rather vast, between the many small tools – spade, weeded, shears, shears, etc. – and more important equipment such as the chainsaw, the lawnmower, or the hedge trimmer. A short overview of gardening and outdoor equipment is essential to take care of your garden with ease.
Tools for planting and maintenance
Viking-lawn-mower
In order to remove weeds easily, the hoe is of great use. To plant, several tools can be used:
a conical or bulbous planter: for digging holes;
a transplanted (or small shovel): for planting and transplanting;
a seeder: to distribute the seeds evenly;
a pruner: to refresh the flowerbeds by cutting the stems and pruning the branches;
a watering can: to regularly water plants, flowers, and soil;
a lawnmower: to maintain the lawn of large gardens;
a hedge trimmer: to trim the hedges;
a plant shredder: to eliminate waste and facilitate composting;
a chainsaw: to maintain and prune the trees in the garden.
Viking-grinder
Choose and maintain your gardening equipment
It is essential to choose quality, solid tools that will last a long time. In addition, we must take the time to ensure that each tool is easy to handle and adapts perfectly to our morphology: this will avoid, for example, blisters in the hands, backaches, and other physical pains due to inappropriate use of the equipment.
Gardening is a hobby that should not become a chore. Gloves and wheelbarrows thus also complete this panoply by protecting the hands and allowing the loads to be transported without difficulty.
Once a year, all sharp garden tools should be checked and sharpened. To do this, a few things are needed:
a metal or quackgrass brush;
sandpaper;
mineral grease;
linseed oil or paraffin;
a whetstone or grinding wheel;
a file ;
rubbing alcohol;
a cloth.
It can also be a good idea to change the guide bar on a Stihl chainsaw when the rails are worn or damaged. Finally, it is also advisable to grease the metal parts of the equipment.
