Take full advantage of the growing season, but starting your garden as soon as the snow melts in colder climates and right now, if you live in a warmer, southern climate. If you love to garden or are new to gardening, now is a great time to get your gardening tools ready for your upcoming spring garden. Some new garden tools can really inspire you to get a jump start on your garden and can make gardening easier for you throughout the growing season. Here are some gardening essentials must-haves for any gardener that you won’t be able to live without! Before you purchase some new gardening tools for your yard, it is a good idea to determine if you will need long-handled or shor-handled gardening tools.
Long-handled gardening tools are essential for any gardener who is starting a new garden in their yard. When the soil is hard and rocky, a long-handled garden tool will make your job so much easier and it makes creating your garden much quicker. Fiskars has a line of comfortable, long-handled gardening tools that are easy and comfortable to use. The Fiskars Extended Reach Cultivator is ideal for use in a new or old garden and will make breaking up hard soil, grass and weeds much easier, while reducing the strain on your back. Once you have tilled the soil in your garden, the NRG STX Spade makes digging a hole for larger plantings much easier and works great when you don’t want to bend down to dig a hole.
Short-handled gardening tools are also essential gardening tools for planting flowers and small plants in your flower beds. By using a short-handled gardening tool, you will be able to reach into tight spaces between bushes, trees and other perennials. One of my favorite short-handled gardening tools is the Ergonomic Garden Trowel for digging holes and planting flowers or perennials. Use the NRG Ergonomic Garden Cultivator to reach in between your shrubs or underneath evergreen trees to cultivate the soil in smaller spaces. Both of these short-handled gardening tools will help inspire you to garden this spring!
