How to Choose Tools for First-Time Gardeners | Ask This Old House

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Jenn Nawada, landscape designer for Ask TOH, presents some of her favorite tools to help out first-time gardeners. (See below for tools and steps.)
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Tools for How to Choose Tools for First-Time Gardeners:
- Hand trowel
- Hori hori knife with depth gauge
- Hand rake
- Bypass pruners
- Nitrile-dipped gardening gloves
- Watering can with rose

Steps for How to Choose Tools for First-Time Gardeners:
1. Jenn recommends the hand trowel to lift soil in small spaces and transport flowers.
2. Jenn likes the hori hori knife’s serrated edge for ripping easily through roots. The knife also has a depth gauge for measuring how deep to plant flowers and bulbs.
3. Jenn uses the hand rake to score plants and rake the soil around the edges of flowers.
4. Jenn rates the bypass pruners as essential. This tool gives you a clean edge for cutting stems, which allows the plant a chance to regrow.
5. Jenn likes the nitrile-dipped gardening gloves because they’re waterproof. She says you should always wear gloves since you never really know what’s in the soil.
6. Jenn calls a watering can with a rose “a must-have.” It gives plants a nice soaking but allows you to regulate the amount of water.

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