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In the western world, there are basically two types of gardens: English and French. The French style of gardens is geometrical and has an obvious planned appearance. The English garden tends towards to be more wild looking with plants growing “where they please.” English gardens also tend to have some romantic elements such as an arch, bridge or benches. Even though these gardens look wild, they still take work to maintain. If you are embarking on this romantic style of gardening, you are going to need English garden tools.

Many people who choose the English style of gardens do so because they have a completely untouched piece of land rather than a previously well-kept garden. If this is the case, you may be tempted to skip on buying the hand English garden tools and go for the motorized tools instead. I highly advise against this, even though using the hand and upright English garden tools takes longer. That is because you never know what huge rocks, old bricks, or giant roots are lurking below the surface of the soil. These will quickly kill your motorized tools so you are much better with the traditional English garden tools. If you don’t have a lot of money for a full set of English garden tools, you can get by with just a spade and a gardening fork. When you are picking these out, make sure that you are choosing English garden tools which are suited for your size.

Many people make the mistake of buying the largest and heaviest English garden tools because they think that this will make the job easier. Rather, it will just tire you out faster and make the job harder. Despite the fact that English garden tools have evolved into fabulous pieces of technology over the years, there are still many of them which are simply made poorly. For example, there are garden spades which are made with a thick ridge on top with the idea that this will prevent damage to the user’s boot. However, this makes the work unbalanced and also causes soil buildup which will make work more difficult. Before buying English garden tools, hold them in your hand and make some motions as though you are using them. Then see how they feel and choose the one which is most comfortable. One of the most important factors when buying English garden tools is the type of grip. This choice varies person to person depending on the size of a person’s hand and wrist strength. Another factor in choosing grip type which often goes overlooked is whether the user will be wearing gloves. You will want to make sure that the glove doesn’t get snagged anywhere on the tool. If you chose wooden grips for English garden tools, make sure that you are looking at the place where the wood meets the metal. This is the area which is most important because it determines the strength of the English garden tools and also, with spades, the action of your hand on the tool.

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