OTHER USEFUL STUFF
+ Garden gloves + A weed bag or bucket
+ A dibber (or chopstick/pencil) for making
holes for seeds + A tool belt so you can carry
secateurs/trowel/knife with you + A gauze
face mask for handling potting mix safely. •- Loppers These chopping tools are for cutting
thicker, woody stems and branches. There are
many different types to choose from, including
those with short, long or telescopic handles.
Talk to a garden tool specialist if you are
unsure what’s best for your garden as good
loppers aren’t cheap. - Pruning saw These are for even bigger
branches (3cm-plus in diameter) and will often
make a cleaner cut than loppers. If you have lots
of trees in the garden, you need a pruning saw.
There are folding models and those with fine
(for thin branches) or coarse teeth. - Pruning knife A knife is always handy in
the garden for cutting string, opening bags
of potting mix and so forth. If you buy a nice
sharp pruning knife you can also use it for
removing small branches and taking
woody cuttings. - Niwashi If you have flax in the garden, this
is the tool for you, making it easy to remove
old leaves. It can also be used for cutting back
many perennials.
TIP Clean garden tools
after use to prolong their
life and improve their
performance. Use any
kitchen oil to clean the
wooden handles, and
coat metal parts with
recycled engine oil usingan old paint brush.
1 Tin of twine, $19, from Garden Objects. 2 Seed-planting
dibblet, $19.95, from Gubba. 3 Galvanised trug, $59,
from Father Rabbit.123yhg | 169G