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 Most backyard gardeners don’t need an entire shed full of tools to tend to their vegetable gardens—a few sturdy hand tools will do the trick! This is especially true if you garden in raised beds or containers. Using a big rake on a raised bed is like using a sledgehammer to put in a push pin—there is such a thing as too much tool.

    The right tools for the job will make it so you can plow through your garden to-do list more efficiently. We’ve tested lots of [url=https://www.rhinogardening.com/garden-hand-tools/]Garden Hand Tools[/url] in the Growfully gardens, and this list is out best of the best. Let’s dig in!

[b]What hand tools do I need?[/b]

There are hundreds of different kinds of garden hand tools—trowels, spades, weeders, pruners, hoes, cultivators, oh my! But a savvy gardener just has a few, high-quality tools that they use every day. If you are just starting out, here is our list of must-haves:

Trowel—AKA: a mini shovel. A [url=https://www.rhinogardening.com/garden-hand-tools/hand-trowel/]Hand Trowel[/url] is a must-have hand tool for every gardener. Invest in a good one with inch markings and a sturdy handle.

Cultivator—AKA: a manual rototiller or mini-rake. Use this [url=https://www.rhinogardening.com/garden-hand-tools/hand-cultivator/]Hand Cultivator[/url] to mix in soil amendments, aerate the soil, rake in seeds, or rake back mulch. Many tools have a cultivator on one side, and a hoe on the other (like this one).

[url=https://www.rhinogardening.com/long-handle-tools/hoe/]Hoe[/url]—A sharp hoe is a must-have for removing weeds in your beds and containers. There are at least a dozen different shapes of hand hoes, but we really like either a classic hoe, circular hoe, or Nejiri Gama hoe.