garden hand tools

 My daughter just received a set of gardening hand tools for xmas, and I'm
not sure of the uses of each of them (there are 5 different types).  I've
always just stuck with a couple of favourites I prefer to use.  But I
thought it would be useful to know about their specific uses.  I've tried
googling, but nothing has really given me any clear ideas.

Jen

 

I think you will know what to do with them instinctivly.  You can always
browse a catalog like Lee Valley Tools if you want to know what they are
called or what category they are in.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/index.aspx?c=

 

http://www.sneeboerusa.com/products.cfm

This site will describe most of what she got, plus there may be one
that is almost straight out from the handle with a flat blade with a V
at the end for cutting dandelion roots and popping them out of the
ground.

Tom J

 
.....and you have not been clear at all either.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

 

Not knowing what you got, they could perhaps be:
 
Trowel - Slices through soil to dig holes for planting. (shovel)

Cultivator - Easily aerates soil around plants. Thins seedlings and
uproots weeds. (claw)

Planter - Neatly sized trowel for planting delicate seedlings and rows
of small flowers. (narrow shovel)

Fork - Perfect for simple edging and loosening soil around plants. (fork)

Narrow Weeder - Sized for tending window boxes and plants with thin,
delicate stems. (very narrow with V-shaped end for cutting roots)

Dibble - Forms perfect holes for planting bulbs and small plants.
(conical)

http://www.brookstone.com/shop/product.asp?product_codeG4452&world_code
=3&category_code5&subcategory_codeG4&search_type=subcategory&prodtemp
=t1

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