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Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting




   Tool Identification
Tools to help you prepare, plant
 and maintain your garden bed
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



The right tool for the job
 It is important to be able
 to identify and choose
 the right tool for your
 garden tasks, use these
 tools correctly, and
 maintain them in good
 working order.
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Basic garden tools
 You only require few basic tools to be able to
 cultivate and maintain your garden such as …
 • shovel
 • rake
 • wheel barrow
 • garden fork
 • hand trowel
 • watering can
 But you can have many others, like a hand fork,
 weeding tool, hand cultivator or trowel.
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting




General Gardening Fork
 Used for …
 • cultivation
 • soil aeration
 • digging & lifting crops.
 • turning compost
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Draw or Goose Neck Hoe
 Used for …
 • chipping medium sized weeds
 • mounding up garden beds
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Rakes
 Used for …
 • contouring beds
 • creating a smooth
   planting surface
 • gathering up
   leaves or weeds
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Shovels
Used for …
• spreading out/turning over soil/compost/manure
• digging your garden
• working the soil along with a garden fork
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Wheelbarrow
Used for ...
• carting things about
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Watering Can
 Used for
 • watering your plants
 • dispensing liquid fertilisers
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Watering Rosette Head
 Used for …
 • watering your garden without damaging your soil or
   young seedlings
 At least 1 setting
 should give a nice
 soft cone of water
 when watering.
Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting



Maintaining garden tools
 • Always remove loose soil from tools after use and
   wash them clean.
 • Don’t put tools away wet — allow them to dry first.
 • Wipe with light oil and store out of the weather.
 • Keep tools sharp as then they are much easier to
   use and do a better job.

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3.1 Tool identification

  • 1. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Tool Identification Tools to help you prepare, plant and maintain your garden bed
  • 2. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting The right tool for the job It is important to be able to identify and choose the right tool for your garden tasks, use these tools correctly, and maintain them in good working order.
  • 3. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Basic garden tools You only require few basic tools to be able to cultivate and maintain your garden such as … • shovel • rake • wheel barrow • garden fork • hand trowel • watering can But you can have many others, like a hand fork, weeding tool, hand cultivator or trowel.
  • 4. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting General Gardening Fork Used for … • cultivation • soil aeration • digging & lifting crops. • turning compost
  • 5. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Draw or Goose Neck Hoe Used for … • chipping medium sized weeds • mounding up garden beds
  • 6. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Rakes Used for … • contouring beds • creating a smooth planting surface • gathering up leaves or weeds
  • 7. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Shovels Used for … • spreading out/turning over soil/compost/manure • digging your garden • working the soil along with a garden fork
  • 8. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Wheelbarrow Used for ... • carting things about
  • 9. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Watering Can Used for • watering your plants • dispensing liquid fertilisers
  • 10. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Watering Rosette Head Used for … • watering your garden without damaging your soil or young seedlings At least 1 setting should give a nice soft cone of water when watering.
  • 11. Topic three: Prepare a garden bed for planting Maintaining garden tools • Always remove loose soil from tools after use and wash them clean. • Don’t put tools away wet — allow them to dry first. • Wipe with light oil and store out of the weather. • Keep tools sharp as then they are much easier to use and do a better job.