CHAPTER XXVI 



Garden Tools 



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

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

 trowel for transplanting, hoe, sickle for trimming grass, and 

 a watering can. In all of these tools nothing is more important than 

 their strength. Strong unions of the steel to the wood are 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 Light ladder End posts and wir^s 



levelers and a garden used for or strings used for 



roller gathering fruit Pea or Bean supports 



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

 and about trees, as it does not cut off roots. If a half-moon turf 

 cutter is not available, the spade is indispensable for edging beds. 

 Large and small hoes are both useful, the large one for general use, and 

 the small one for working about in small places. The Dutch or EngUsh 

 scuffle hoe is most useful for loosening the surface of the soil and cutting 



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