Simple Garden Tools
Since man learnt to cultivate the soil, different forms of hand tools have been used. There are wide variety of farm tools for breaking and turning the soil, for weeding, and for burying the vegetation and other materials in the soil. The main purpose of tilling the soil is to assist the natural processes which bring about the most favourable soil condition for seeds to germinate and plants to grow. The simple farm tools are discussed below:
Hoe
This is a basic tool used by most farmers to till the soil. The sizes and shapes differ in different localities. The hoe consists of
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