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A Garden Tools
convey water. There are a number of common attachments available for the
end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers (which are used to
concentrate water at one point or to spread it over a large area). Hoses are
Hoe is a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for
weeding and breaking up soil.
It is use a hoe to dig (earth) or thin out or dig up (plants).
Rake an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb at the end, or with several tines held
together by a crosspiece, used especially for drawing together cut grass or fallen leaves, or smoothing loose soil or
gravel.
A post hole digger is a tool used to dig narrow holes to install posts, such as for fences and
signs. ... A post holepincer (pictured) is jabbed into the ground in the open position until the
blades are buried.
Spade a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or
cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.
Mattock an agricultural tool shaped like a pickax, with an adze and a chisel edge as the
ends of the head.
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A trowel is a small hand tool used for digging, applying, smoothing, or moving
small amounts of viscous or particulate material. Common varieties include
the masonry trowel, garden trowel, and float trowel.
The wheelbarrow is designed to distribute the weight of its load between the wheel and the operator,
so enabling the convenient carriage of heavier and bulkier loads than would be possible were the
weight carried entirely by the operator. As such it is a second-class lever. Traditional Chinese
wheelbarrows, however, had a central wheel supporting the whole load. Use of wheelbarrows is
common in the construction industry and in gardening. Typical capacity is approximately 100 litres
(3.53 cubic feet) of material.
A two-wheel type is more stable on level ground, while the almost universal one-wheel type has
better maneuverability in small spaces, on planks, in water, or when tilted ground would throw the
load off balance. The use of one wheel also permits greater control of the deposition of the load upon
emptying.
A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and tynes used to lift and
pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw or leaves.