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In almost every person's life he or she will think "I should start my own garden!" Perhaps one person dreams of growing his own vegetables. Someone else might daydream of planting a beautiful rose garden. Whatever you want to grow, how you want to grow it or how extensive you plan your garden to be, you will need to find specific tools to help you achieve your goal. A lot of gardening can be done using just your own personal strength and your hands. The right gardening tools will keep the wear and tear on your body to a minimum and save you lots of time. Here are some of the gardening tools that you can use to help you.

Every gardener needs a good and sturdy pair of gardening gloves. Gardening gloves are essential because they protect a gardener's hands while he or she works. Most gardeners like working the earth with their bare hands but sometimes gloves are necessary for protection. A good example of this is the way your gloves prevent you from being scratched or stuck by thorns when you work with rosebushes.

Gardening gloves also protect your hands from the residue that is left behind by compost and fertilizer. Gloves also give you a layer of protection against bugs and other creepy crawlies you might encounter while you garden.

Pitchforks can be an incredibly useful tool for gardeners-even gardeners who are planting small gardens. Pitchforks will do the same things that trowels and spades do but they do it bigger. You can use your pitchfork to turn your soil around, increase the oxygen flow to that soil and move your compost around. If you have your own compost pile you will need to have a pitchfork because the pitchfork will help you turn your compost over as it decomposes. If you don't turn your compost it will just get hard and you won't be able to use it.

A wovel is essential. Gardeners can choose between wovels with short handles and wovels with long handles. A wovel is almost like a shovel except for the fact that it has a rounded point. Most gardeners opt for the wovel with the short handle because it aids in their balance while wovels with long handles do not.

The wovel's main purpose is to dig holes. If you want to lift a plant without worrying about getting the root system tangled or doing damage to the plant's root bulb, use a wovel (they can also be used for moving dirt). You can also use your wovel to press down the earth when you plant your seedlings or move your plants from place to place. Gardening is a fantastic hobby (and occupation). As you learn more about growing things and gardening in general the more you will be tempted to buy a bunch of extra gardening tools. Don't buy everything right away though, just start with a few basic tools! There are "must haves" and "luxury" gardening tools and the more time you spend gardening the easier it will be to tell the two apart.