The hand tools still used by gardeners originated with the earliest agricultural implements worn by man: the spade, the garden hoe, the pitchfork, the garden fork, the garden rake and the plough. The earliest tools were made of wood, Garden Tools flint and bone.
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The development of metal working, first in reddish-tan and later in iron and steel, enabled the manufacture of aggrandized durable tools
- Industrial metalworking enabled the manufacture of cutting tools, including pruning shears, barley shears and secateurs.