This document discusses 5 essential gardening tools: pruners, loppers, shovels, weeders, and garden forks. Pruners are used to remove dead vegetation and promote plant growth. Loppers are for heavy-duty pruning of shrubs, bushes, and small tree limbs. Shovels come in different types for various soil and planting tasks. Weeders help remove weeds and their deep roots. Garden forks are used to aerate soil and mix soil types. The document also provides contact information for a local pest control company.

1. TOOLS

3. You can use a thousand
gardening tools in your garden,
but it’s like, “How many
different kinds of pots do you
need to boil an egg?”

4. To some varying degree, you
can tackle several projects in
your garden with five tools.

5. Gardening is not as hard as
people think. If anything, the
sheer fear of not having a
“green thumb” sabotages
many attempts.

6. Consider these gardening
tools to have in your arsenal.

7. PRUNERS

8. It can seem counterintuitive that cutting something would
help it to grow back, but that’s exactly what pruners do while
beautifying your yard.

9. Pruners help to remove dead vegetation, clean up your yard
and provide vital nitrogen by introducing cuttings back into
the soil.

10. You will want to make sure they are sharp to prevent pain in
your hands, which is one of the most common concerns with
gardening.

11. Be sure that your pruners are easy to use. If you’re still having
some discomfort while using your tools, opt for compression
gloves.

12. LOPPERS

13. For heavy-duty pruning, it’s
worth it to invest in a pair of
loppers. The long handles make
it easy to cut through shrubbery,
bushes and smaller tree limbs.

14. People often think of redoing
their landscaping to give their
yards a cleaner and simpler
appearance when loppers can
achieve the same result.

15. There are many other benefits as
well. After removing tree limbs
and such, you can use the
clippings to make mulch.

16. You will have less to water in
your yard because there is less
vegetation, overall. Be aware
that cutting off too much, too
soon, can introduce your plants
to damage and disease.

17. SHOVEL

18. There is some confusion on
hand shovels, trowels, spades
and long-handled shovels. It
doesn’t help matters much that
there is some overlap in design.

19. It’s kind of like, “Is this ‘dressing’ or ‘stuffing’?”
"It doesn’t matter. I just want to eat it.”

20. Whatever name you’re used to
calling your garden tools, you
will want something to dig and
cut with. Depending upon a few
factors, you will want one tool
over the other.

21. Trowels are what people
typically call “spades”. They are
a gardening hand tool that can
be useful for cutting into
harder types of soil or soil that
is root-bound.

22. Another type of hand tool, often
referred to as a “hand shovel” is a
little wider and is most suitable
for planting small plants in
softer soil.

23. Then, there are long-handled
shovels and spades for digging,
cutting or shaping larger holes.
If you’re going to plant a lot of
young trees, it might be
worth your while to get a post
hole digger.

24. WEEDER

25. Weeds are pesky little rascals
that can be incredibly difficult
to remove. This is because
weeds have some of the
deepest roots.

26. You may have noticed that
they keep coming back, and
they oddly grow better than
your plants.

27. This is mostly due to their root
system. Their roots are deep
and strong. If you leave part of
the root in the ground, it
might grow back.

28. A weeder helps to get this
root out, in tact, without
digging up half of your yard
to get to it.

29. GARDEN FORK

30. A garden fork helps to break up soil,
mix two different kinds of soil together
and aerate the soil. You can use a
manual tiller too, if you desire.

31. However, a garden fork can provide
more accurate results if you’re working
in close quarters.

32. Pushing a manual tiller could take out
neighboring plants. A garden fork can
go deeper into the soil too.

33. Don’t be afraid of your yard. Draw out a
plan, and give it a go. If anything, look
for native vegetation to plant in your
yard that will grow naturally without
much maintenance.

34. Custom Weed & Pest Control
has been in business since
1989, serving the greater
Phoenix metro area for both
residential and commercial.

35. We offer organic, natural and
chemical pest control,
customizing our service to your
specific needs.

36. VISIT SITE
http://wekillweeds.com

37. CUSTOM WEED & PEST CONTROL
Address: Phoenix AZ 85044
Phone: 602-956-3844
Fax: 623-376-7743
Email: info@wekillweeds.com