Roden, loosen, crumble, flatten and finally plant - it's a long way to a well-groomed garden. And there is the right tool for every step along the way. We show the devices and give you tips for the basic equipment.
The borders are fluid. We have assigned the devices to specific groups, but that shouldn't stop you, to remove weeds from the bed with the inclined rake or to break up clods with the bow weeder. A real gardener does that, what is necessary, there, where it is necessary, with the, whatever he has on hand. However, there is a crucial difference. The hoes are used to hit the ground, Cultivators and weeders are pulled or pushed. The pulling work with cultivator, manifold etc. is energy-saving, the movement is more harmonious. That's easy on the back.
CHOP
Pickaxe and hoopoe pickaxe are the crudest tools in the tool shed. When you are starting a new garden and need to remove stumps and rubble, become the sta- bile stalk and the great leverage, which you can wield with the pickaxe, be very helpful. The hoopoe hoe has a transverse- and a longitudinal cutting edge, which can be used to break through roots in the ground when digging. The two stable, Forged hand hoes have an ash wood handle that thickens towards the top.
CULTIVATORS
manifold, scavenger, garden- or star cutter, Krail or Kraul, The machines are called cultivators and sow teeth, which we have summarized under the term cultivators. They all have the task, gently loosen and aerate the top layer of soil, because not only the above-ground parts of the plants need oxygen, the roots of the plants also depend on it. In addition, soil capillaries are formed in the loosened soil, through which water evaporation takes place, interrupted; the soil stays moist longer and dries only on the surface.
The cultivator has round-pointed tines, which are well suited for light soil. Medium-heavy soils are worked more thoroughly with the lance tines of the manifold and the wide shares of the cultivator are used for very heavy soils. Once the soil has been loosened, can the garden- or star cutter can be used. With it, the soil can be crumbled particularly finely.
The springy tines of the small hand cultivator loosen the soil, without getting caught on roots and stones. The krail is a universal tool for airing, Loosen, Crumble, weeding and mulching.
Below that is the sow tooth, with which the soil is loosened deeply, without destroying its layer structure. Depending on the formation of the share angle, it engages more or less deeply in the soil. We show a device forged from copper, which has a long tradition in organic horticulture. Copper releases trace elements into the soil and is said to be effective against harmful fungi.
GIANT
With iron weeder, Schuffel, Weed cutter, Stieger and Stalham hoe tackle the weeds. The devices are pulling, shoving or hitting so led, that the roots can be severed and the plants can be collected. Since this work often involves “hand-to-hand combat” in narrow plantings, the small handheld devices are very important. Use the weed cutter to remove the long roots of the dandelion. With ground elder, you must remove every root; take the cultivator or the krail.
HARKEN
land rake, We will show you an Ammerland wooden rake and a wide garden rake. The dug up ground is torn through with the heavy land rake. In terms of the way it works, it actually belongs more in the area of hacking. For creating a level surface, for example a lawn, there is nothing better than the wide wooden rake. She is easy, does not penetrate so deeply into the ground and the surface can be pulled off wonderfully with the back. The tines can be replaced after wear. Sooner or later you will have two versions of the garden rake: one wide for leveling and a narrow one for working between plantings.
PLANTING EQUIPMENT
Finally the time has come: You can start planting and sowing. In the vegetable patch are with the hiller, which actually has all the properties of a plough, piled up the plants, Grooves and launders drawn. The best way to achieve even planting grooves for sowing is to use the groove puller. The distance between the five shares can be adjusted at the touch of a button. And so that you can walk next to the bed when furrowing and not step on the raked, the angle to the handle is also adjustable. Dig the planting holes for bulbous plants and larger plants with a hand shovel or planting hoe. For small flower bulbs and root plants, poke a hole in the ground with the dipper.