Top 3 Garden Rakes - Choosing the Right Rake for Your Garden Chores
By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide
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Garden Rake
The typical garden rake, sometimes called a bow rake, has short, hard tines coming off of a flat or bow -shaped hard metal frame.
Garden Rake Tool
This tool has so many uses. You can rake with it and smooth your soil out with the back of it. Make rows with it very easily.
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Garden Rakes
The garden rake is different from a leaf rake and intended for a different function.
Garden rakes are essential for leveling soil and mixing addendums, such as lime and calcium, into nutrient deficient soil. A metal garden rake can handle these heavy-duty tasks better than a plastic leaf rake.
Garden Rake (the kind I like, with the metal teeth)
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Use a metal garden rake to create small, evenly distributed holes over the planting area about 1/2 inch deep. Then scatter the seeds over the area. Next, gently rake across the area, which causes a fair amount of soil to fill the holes.
Keep lawn and garden raked clean of leaves and debris. Fallen leaves, old plant parts and grass clippings should be added to the compost pile.
Rake
Use a garden rake - short, parallel metal tines (teeth) - for final soil levelling, and making a 'tilth' - a fine, even soil surface for sowing/planting into.
With a flexible, garden rake, spread the compost out over your lawn to about ¼ inch (.64 cm ) thick. You want a fairly thin layer.
Don't apply it much thicker thinking that more is better, because that can cause problems, like smothering your grass.
Work up the soil gently with a garden rake, broadcast seed over the soil, and then rake it in. Raking establishes good soil-to-seed contact and protects the seed from birds.
One, Manually with a leaf rake (shown), garden rake, or thatching rake.
Two, with a Power Dethatcher (vertical cutter). Smaller to medium sized lawns can be manually dethatched, assuming that you have the time.
Work granular fertilizer into the soil using a hand fork or a garden rake to mix it with the soil. If you've applied mulch to your bed, rake it aside, apply the fertilizer and work it in.
To seed your rye cover crop, simply broadcast (sprinkle) the seed evenly over the tilled soil of your garden beds and, with a garden rake or other tool, rake it into the bed so that the seeds are covered by about 1/8'' of soil.
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Then clear the path area of all plants and level with a garden rake. For a grassy path, prepare the soil as you would for a lawn, add seed and straw to cover and water at least twice a day until growth is substantial.
If the surface becomes unleveled, the chips can be moved around easily with a garden rake. They are heavy enough that they won't be blown or carried over into your yard and wash clean of dust or dirt with a light hosing or rain.
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Once all clods and clumps are broken up and the organic matter is thoroughly incorporated, smooth out the surface of the bed. Use a metal garden rake to even out any hills or dips. Remove any roots or other debris. Your site is now ready for planting.
Th back of a garden rake is satisfactory for pressing the slits together to cover the seed.
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