It’s summer, when your garden should be in its prime, with flower-filled borders, luscious lawn, and no sign of weeds. Of course, we don’t live in an ideal world but having the right tools and accessories to help you achieve the garden you want can take some of the toil away. Here are five essentials for the summer gardener, who would rather sit and admire their plot than spend hours working on it.
1. Weeding hoe, £18, Niwaki Your plants may have grown with all the rain we’ve had, but so will the weeds. To make the job easier, invest in a one-handed weeding hoe from Japanese lifestyle brand Niwaki which will not only make lighter work of weeding, but will also enable you to get to deeper rooted weeds.
The Niwaki hoe – you can buy right-handed and left-handed versions – has a carbon steel blade and pine handle and is also handy for preparing seed rows and drills. 2. Lawn edging knife, £40.
19, Bulldog If you’ve mown your lawn but want the edges to look neat against your flower borders, invest in a half moon edging tool which will help you shape your lawn edges and keep everything neat. The Bulldog Premier lawn edging knife is tougher than many others, forged from one piece of steel for extra strength, allowing clean and easy cuts, and an ash shaft and T handle. 3.
Gardena garden waste sack pop-up, from £29.99, Amazon You always need something to put your green waste in, and if you’re short of storage space, Gardena has just introduced a new pop-up garden waste .