a) Panga – Graden tool – used for cutting, slashing, weeding etc
b) Shovel - Garden tool – used for liftinf soil and manure
c) Pick axe – Garden tool – for removing roots, large stones and breaking heavy soils. Used for digging hard soil.
d) Garden line - garden tool – used for measuring between one plant and the next
e) Wheelbarrow - Garden tool – transporting loads which are too heavy
f) Sprayer – Garden tool – Used for spraying chemicals solutions
g) Ripsaw – Cutting tool – cutting along the grain of wood
h) Tape measure – measuring tools – used for measuring length
i) Scraper – Measuring tools – used for measuring lengths
j) Marking gauge- Smoothing tool – used on final stages of smoothing surfaces and on small pieces of work.
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