About This Quiz
To create a perfect garden, you need to start with a perfect toolshed. And to compose the perfect toolshed, you need to first take this quiz! Gardening is not only soothing, calming and beautifying, it's also wonderful for the environment and is truly steeped in tradition and history. Many of the tools that we will explore in this quiz have been around as long as gardening itself, while others are more modern and innovative.Â
Sure, you have a watering can. It's made of plastic, metal or ceramic. It helps you to effortlessly water your plants, both indoors and outdoors. It's a gardening tool that is so simple and essential that we're not going to even bother to ask you about it. But do you know what a hori hori is? (You see, you just got excited about taking this quiz.)Â
What makes gardening tools so remarkable is really just how timeless they are. Take for instance the humble wheelbarrow. There have been some tweaks here and there through the ages to make the wheelbarrow perform even better, but it's essentially a perfect tool, and if you purchased one from 50 years ago, you might just find that it does the job. If not, put it in your garden for display and plant vegetables in it. We just gave you an idea, didn't we?
Enough of the small talk. It's time to take a relaxing stroll down the winding paths of this quiz. When you're done, you're going to be hell-bent on taking a trip to Lowe's and buying a CobraHead weeder. Â
An aerator is designed to aerate the soil, of course. Did you know that lawn aeration increases the uptake of water, oxygen and nutrients?
The rotary tiller is either gas or electric powered. It's a cultivator that is used before planting to mix soil with fertilizers.
A spading fork is found in almost every garden storage shed. It performs a variety of tasks around the garden, and can be used to till large areas of soil and break up dirt clods.
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The potato fork is a specialized garden tool that is perfect for lifting potatoes and other vegetables. It's also a great tool for general garden maintenance.
The garden hoe is one of the most famous garden tools that there is. Due to its versatility, it's found in almost every garden shed.
A Warren hoe is a specialized hoe that is great for making seed drills and earthing up vegetables. It features a heart-shaped blade with "ears," designed to bring soil back onto recently planted seeds.
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A little pruning knife is just the thing for delicately pruning flower stems and small branches. It's also great for breaking up soil before planting seeds.
A hand cultivator is ideal for breaking up compact soil, spreading fertilizer and removing shallow weed roots in tight areas. It can also loosen soil and spread compost when preparing to plant shrubs and flowers.
A manual edger has a hemispherical blade that is attached to a long handle. It's used to create smoothly defined borders in the garden.
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The pitchfork is another iconic garden tool that everyone should have in their shed. It's also highly prominent in agriculture.
The scuffle hoe is quite unique, and is more specialized than the conventional garden hoe. It's used for general weeding and features a square loop head.
This simple piece of equipment makes gardening more comfortable. It protect the knees from stones and prevents clothes from being stained or damaged.
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Although you don't want to use a hacksaw in the garden, a machete can work wonders. It's similar to a sword, and highly effective at cutting small branches and heavy underbrush.
A budding knife is a small knife that is perfect for delicate budding and grafting. It's perfect for performing small tasks.
A pick mattock is designed for digging and breaking up highly compacted clay and soil. It has a pointed end and a wide, chisel-like blade.
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A pressure washer effectively adds power to the flow of water and forces an output with a high dynamic pressure. With the increased pressure, water can remove dirt, mud and layers of unwanted buildup.
A level head rake is otherwise known as a flat rake. It features a rectangular head with ten to sixteen teeth.
The pruning saw is used to cut small branches and limbs. It has much bigger teeth than a regular saw, and often the blade folds back into the handle for safe storage.
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Hedge shears are used to trim shrubs and hedges. They have two sharp blades that act in a scissor motion.
Loppers are basically a hybrid of hedge shears and pruning shears. They can be used to prune twigs or to cut thicker branches.
The round point shovel is an essential gardening tool. It's used for digging round holes and transporting soil and rocks.
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The garden shovel is far more petite in size than the round point shovel. It's used for lighter tasks and it's not designed for high impact work.
The scoop shovel has a deep tool-head and is used for transporting large amounts of light materials. It is ideal for transporting sawdust or snow.
A leaf shredder is quite handy for recycling waste accumulated when gardening. It shreds branches, shrubs, leaves and cuttings.
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The transport spade is the ideal took for moving shrubs within highly compacted areas of plants. It features a thin, elongated head.
A trowel is a small tool that is used for a number of tasks. It's perfect for digging small holes and transporting plants and vegetables.
Everyone with a garden owns a weeder! This long, screwdriver-shaped tool removes weeds without damaging the grass.
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The powered edger is otherwise known as a strimmer. It's electronically or gas powered, and easily cuts through thick grass and weeds.
A seedling glove is waterproof and allows for extra dexterity. Leather gloves are superior in terms of protecting hands from thorns and sharp objects.
Okay, that was meant to be an easy one. Clogs are, without a doubt, the garden shoe of choice. No gardener should be without them.
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The leaf rake is one of the most common types of rake. It's used to remove leaves and other light debris from lawns.
The bow saw is deigned to prune large bushes and cut thick branches. It has a C-shaped frame that connects to each end of a toothed blade.
A garden hose is an essential tool. Chooae a high-quality hose and nozzle, and disconnect the hose before the first hard freeze.
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The square point shovel has a flat, square shaped head. It's used to level the land in preparation for laying patios and walkways.