Miniature gardening tools can be a great addition to your garden and serves a great purpose in cultivating succulents and small plants. Check out the best tools I have found on the internet and what I think about them.
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Why use miniature gardening tools?
Miniature sets of gardening tools are excellent for those who maybe have a small area to garden in or maybe don’t have the upper strength to move a lot of soil at a time.
Regardless of your need there are a lot advantages and disadvantages of miniature gardening tools.
In this article they are laid out and our top picks of tools are revealed.
Miniature gardening hand tools
1: Short o shovel
The mini o shovel is perfect for those with back pain and want to garden with less strain on your body. The O shape allows the use to better grip the end of the shovel and use this point as a point of leverage for the other hand so you can dig through harder soils with ease.
You will also have to garden on your knees or sitting down to stop you bending over. This forces you to take care of your back.
2: Alloy steel Gardening Set
Reviews of this product say the handles are extremely comfortable despite the small size. Most people use these for weeding, and doing basic garden maintenance. The set comes with a trowel, a transplanter, a weeder, hand fork, hand rake, bag and a pair of gloves. For the price most are satisfied with this produce at 4.7/5 stars. Here is a picture of the tools alongside a regular fork for comparison.
3: Mini Succulent Tools
This kit come with a cloth tarp that is able to cover up the tools when you are done with them and allows you to store them all in on convenient place.
This is ideal if you are using the kit for teaching children how to garden as a bit of education as children are known to misplace things.
The reason why they are called succulent tools is because they are designed for succulent maintenance. The kit comes equipped with paintbrushes, tweezers and water dispensers. Perfect for setting up your very own succulent farm
4: Edward Garden Tool Set
This set made the list as they are perfect for creating a mini garden on a budget. It comes with the bare minimum, two sets of spades and a fork/rake. The feature I like most about it is the dual use of the fork. You can use it to dig in to the soil within reason but also move dead leaves and mulch to the side with the same tool but by using less force.
5: AUEAR Garden Tools
This set of tools actually often falls under Amazons choice due to its 4.6/5 star reviews. Again, this is a miniature tool set that is ideal for those on a budget. Do not expect the best quality but do expect the best bang for your buck.
You get a rake, spade, trowel, watering can and clippers. Also, this set of tools is tiny. Only buy if you are considering doing work on extremely fragile plants and you don’t want your hands to get dirty. Check out this picture for comparison.
DIY miniature gardening tools
So none of the choices on Amazon tickle your fancy, how about having ago at creating your own miniature fairy gardening tools yourself.
You can make a bucket out of an old plastic bottle cap, the tools out of wire and make the ends of the tools out of hold high density polyethene containers such as old milk cartons.
You can then file down the sharp edges using sand paper and get started with having fun with your DIY creation. Check out this video for further information
If none of the gardening tools stand out and you want a more practical solution to miniature gardening and planting small gardening seeds in particular, check out our list of tools for planting small gardening seeds accurately and hassle free.