Horticulture

• Versatile cutting tool used to shape, split, and cut woods and fallen trees

  ax
• Used for clearing and cutting shrubs and branches of trees

  billhook
• Used in chopping, planting, weeding, furrowing, and cultivating soil

  hoe
• is ideal for digging, lifting, and throwing because it cuts into the soil

  round point shovel
• for moving materials such as piles of soil

  square point shovel
• Used for digging, cutting, and edging

  garden spade
• Has narrow, which is ideal for restricted spaces

  drain or trench spade
• used for planting seeds and seedlings and loosening soil around the plants

  hand trowel
• used to make planting holes or seed drills

  dibber
• used to level the soil for planting


  rakes
• five rounded tines that is used to move mulch and compost

  hay fork
• has four flat tines that is used in turning soil, lifting plants, and sometimes to aerate the soil or break up the soil

  spading fork
• is a three-pronged fork used in removing the weeds, usually with a short handle

  hand fork
• used to pulverize small rocks and soil lumps and to remove roots

  mattock; pickax
• used to water the plants and weed killers and as a good substitue for spray

  watering can
• saves energy and time in watering the plants in a large garden

  watering hose
• used as the main cutting tools of all plant parts and have various sizes and shapes of blades

  secateurs; pruning sheers
• used for pruning, trimming, and cutting of hedges, shrubs, and grasses

  garden shears
• used for budding and grafting operations and fine-cutting work

  knife
• used to carry heavy materials, such as large rocks, concrete blocks, fertilizers, soil piles, and debris

  wheelbarrow
• used for tilling and pulverizing soil. It loosens up the soil, roller, which crushes the soil and breaks the lumps.

  Harrow
• used in tilling the soil and making furrows in large farms.

  plows
• used for tilling and pulverizing the soil

  rotavator
• makes deep tilling easier and facilitates the combat of weeds without using herbicides

  tiller
• machine used to trim, cut, and prune hedges or brushes

  hedge trimmer
• used for pulling or pushing machines and trailers for tilling, plowing, harrowing, planting, and disking among others

  tractor
• an attachment for planting seed

  planter
• used when the plants begin to grow

  cultivator
• (T or F) use all machinery and equipment only for their intended purposes as specified by the manufacturer


  True
• (T or F) Always use the correct tools and equipment for each task/activity


  True
• (T or F) Clean all the tools carelessly

  False
• (T or F) Wear the kitchen gloves for heavy equipment with sharp cutting edges.

  False
• (T or F) Caring for and maintaining the farm tools and equipment will not extend their lifespan.

  False
• (T or F) Do repairs as soon as possible. Never use defective tools and equipment


  True
• (T or F) Report any defect and malfunction upon inspection

  True