Summer jobs in the garden: Gardena hand tools

Traditionally with the May holidays gardeners start a new gardening season. City dwellers are in a hurry to fulfil their dreams of a garden in paradise on their suburban plot. Gardena hand tools help to transform beds and flowerbeds into real greenhouses.

The long-awaited time for summer planting has finally arrived. To collect baskets full of fruits and vegetables in autumn, you need to work hard in summer. And Gardena knows exactly what you need to do to maximize yields.

First of all it is necessary to pay attention to soil condition. Regardless of what a gardener wants to grow, his soil must be prepared for sprouts, i.e. soil must be dug up and loosened. Loose soil is saturated with water and air. Plant roots will therefore develop better in such soil. It is most convenient to cultivate it with a manual two-star disc cultivator from Gardena. Working width of the tool is 5,5 cm. It is indispensable both for making beds and for loosening the soil between plants.

If the soil is too coarse and hard to work, you can break it up with a small garden hoe. The straight blade on one side and three teeth on the other will perfectly cope with loosening the soil and weeding the seedlings. The tool is also ideal for hoeing crops like potatoes, for example: the soil is hoeed to the roots and base of the stalk. This farming technique increases yields, preserves moisture and protects the young plants from weeds and pests.

Before sowing or planting seedlings in the ground it is necessary to prepare wells. A spade or small Gardena garden trowel is usually used for this. The cultivated soil needs to be planted carefully, without damaging the delicate roots.

As soon as the seeds have sprouted and the seedlings have taken root, it’s time for weeding. Weeds are a gardening nightmare. Unwanted guests develop a powerful root system that takes away moisture and other useful substances from young sprouts. This makes a manual weeder an indispensable aid in the vegetable garden. Its tines will help to get rid of weeds in your garden.

To finish, leaves, weeds or grass cuttings should be gathered from the bed. Gardena hand rakes help to tidy up the garden. With a working width of only 12 cm, they are ideal for tilling even narrow spots between seedlings.

It’s worth noting that all of the above Gardena tools, except the flower trowel, can be combined with the handles of the combisystem. So the gardener can work in a comfortable position, without injuring his or her knees or back.

And we should not forget that precipitation and time flush nutrients out of the ground. Soil retains its fertility not only through regular tillage but also through fertilization. That’s when the plants are in for a good harvest.

Approximate price:

Two-star disc cultivator – 899 Dollars.

Hand hoe – 559 Dollars.

Flower trowel – 229 Dollars.

Hand tedder – 469 rbl.

Hand rake – 539 Dollars.