CHAPTER XXIII 



Garden Tools 



THE presence of a garden always carries with it the need for some 

 tools. The first tools needed, perhaps, are a spade, a rake, a hoe 

 and a trowel. In all of these tools nothing is more important than 

 thek strength. Strong unions of the steel to the wood aje important, 

 for It is here that the tool breaks most quickly. All the tools that are 

 meant to be sharp should be kept so, or else their work cannot be done 



Two lawn beaters or 



levelers and a garden 



roller 



Light ladder 



used for 

 gathering fruit 



End posts and wires 

 or strings used for 

 Pea or Bean supports 



efficiently. The spading fork is especially useful in digging up borders 

 and about trees, as it may not cut off roots. The spade is indispensable 

 for edging beds. Leirge and small hoes Eire both found useful, the large 

 one for general use, and the small one for working about in small 

 places. The Dutch or English S(3uffle hoe is found most useful for 

 loosening the surface of the soil and cutting off weeds. A small hand 



An easy .method of sawing posts off level 



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