When a new gardener looks through a tool catalogue, or at an array of tools on display in a garden centre, they can find it quite daunting, often resulting in them asking themselves that perennial question;
Which ones do I need?
The following appraisal might help answer that question!
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The main tools that a novice gardener will need are;
Spade, Fork, Hoe, Rake, Hand trowel, Hand fork, Dibber / Bulb planter.
There are quite a number of other tools that the gardener might need.
For example; a watering can / hose pipe to ensure their plants don't go dry, a wheelbarrow to cart soil from one end of the bed to the other when double digging, or to carry organic matter from the compost heap.
Then there are such things as; hand / pump sprays to keep pests & diseases at bay.
The list can go on and on, but it would suffice to say that if the 'new gardener' has the tools listed above, these will cater for most of the gardening tasks that they are likely to be faced with as a novice gardener.
Other tools can be purchased as and when the need arises!