tools+in+the+garden

tools in the garden:


 * Shovels:

The Shovel is considered a ** wedge ** (simple machine) - you push the spade through the dirt pushing on the shovel with your foot

The Shovel is also considered a ** lever ** (simple machine) - As you push the handle downwards, then the dirt pushes upwards.

The shovels pictured above are a big garden shovel and a hand trowel. The distance of between the folcrum and the "effort force" is much larger for the big garden shovel compared to the hand trowel. A larger shovel can do more work in a shorter period of time.


 * Tulip planter



The bulb planter above is both a Wedge and a Screw. To plant the bulb properly, you need to push down into the dirt and slowly pushing in a circular motion. These bulb planters work best for smaller bulbs that need to be planted 3 - 5 inches deep in the ground. Some of the smaller bulbs we planted include snowdrops, crocuses, glory-in-the-snow, blue squill, and grape hyacyinch.


 * ====Garden rake- digger ====



=== The Garden- digger is 2 tools in 1. What it does is that the back end, (the digger) digs down into the soil. The fort end, (the rake) drags the soil bak into the hole while breaking it up and spreading it out. That is good because oxygen and water have to get through, so since it's all spread out, it going to be very easy to for the water and air to go through. It's important to have oxygen in the soil, because the oxygen will help the bacteria survive and make the nitrogen usable for plants. ===

Wheelbarrows:


== We didn't used Wheelbarrows but we would have used it to carry all the boxes that carried tulips and bulbs. It would have been easier if we have used them but I think it's funner the tough way. I really don't know why we didn't use wheelbarrows, it doesn't really matter. ==