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GARDEN AND THEIR USE Horti-LIFE

Trowels (planting/ ) • A small hand held • Used to dig small hole and transplant 1 vegetable seedlings

Rake (Leveling) • A long handled tool used to - Create a fine tiltandlevel the - Collect plant debris and stones from the 2 surface, - Break clumps and spread or

Spade

• A long handled tool traditionally used for 3 - Digging, shoveling soil and compost, - Moving shrubs of plants

Hoe • Long handled with flat and perpendicular at the end. 4 • Used to remove weeds by agitating and grooming the soil surface, • Used to dig, move and hill soil during preparation for planting

Meter (Measuring tape)

5 • Made from steel or wooden and used for lay out of seedbed, plots and plant spacing

Watering can

• A portable container used for 6 watering smaller areas and containers

GARDEN TOOLS AND THEIR USE Horti-LIFE

Peg

7 • Used for securing net, line or fleece to the ground

String (Garden Twine)

• Used for lay outing activities and tying plants 8 to stakes • Available in natural jute and coated

Shovel • A highly versatile and widely used . 9 • Used to dig large holes and transport heavier materials such as wet soil and rocks • Its sharp edges can the and sods as as break up compacted soil.

Aerator

• Effective to reduce by 10 removing small plugs in soil • Used to aerate soi

Forks • Used for digging of in situations where the use of may be difficult for turning 11 of soils, • Used to till large areas of soil and break up compacted clods, • o out weeds and stones

Gloves

• Used to protect hands and fingers 12 from cuts, blisters, calluses, sun damages, abrasions and dirt

GARDEN TOOLS AND THEIR USE Horti-LIFE

Shears

• Shears for different purposes (, 13 Harvesting)

Machete • A large, strong blade usually around half a meter long. 14 • Effective in cutting small branches and heavy underbrush

Footwear 15 • Used to protect feet from stones, falling items or tools

Budding Knife

• A small knife designed for budding - grafting 16 with a single eye or bud

Cultivators • Used to break up compacted soil, spread fertilizers and compost, remove shallow 17 rooted weeds without disturbing the roots of surrounding plants

Basket

18 • Used for collection of harvested produces

Wheelbarrow

• Used for transportation of seedlings, 19 planting materials, growing media as well as other small loads

Horti-LIFE

Wheelbarrow

20 • Clip and pick fruit picker

Wheelbarrow

22 • Fruit Tree Picking Pole with Basket

• Hydraulic platform (fruit picking lift) for 23 harvesting, pruning and spraying operations in orchards

Ladders • Different types (that fold out into an A-shape) commonly used in fruit or 24 chards (tree pruning, harvesting etc.) • There are also ladders that sit straight against a stabilizing object (used for prun ing and harvesting tree fruits).

Crates

• Crates (, wooden) used for collecting 25 harvested fruits