Gardening products can be found at many different gardening supply stores, catalogs and nurseries. There are certain supplies that gardeners should keep on hand at all times according to gardening tips in magazines and websites. These supplies ensure that the gardener is prepared for most situations that he might encounter during the process of growing his vegetable or flower garden.

Food and Protection

All plants need a bed of nutritious soil to grow in, so gardening products that help in this area are essential to have at all times. Starting a compost pile is one was to have nutritious mulch to place on the garden while preparing it, as well as fortifying it during the year. These compost piles can easily be started with some grass clipping and leaves in one corner of the yard and can be maintained by merely placing more clippings and leaves as well as organic kitchen scraps on it periodically so that there is always decaying matter sinking into and forming the soil beneath the pile. That soil is what is used as mulch. If the gardener does not want to start his own compost pile, there is mulch that can be bought in stores; however it can be quite expensive, depending on the type.

Protection for the plants is another area of gardening product that should be kept in the shed. There are nets that can be placed over new plants that will let in sunlight but keep out insects that might eat the plants. There are pesticides that are specially formulated to kill certain types of insects but not harm the plants or the humans who grow them. In addition, there are pesticides that are made from organic material, so that there are not any foreign chemicals in them that are dangerous to the environment.

Tools

Other important gardening products are the tools needed in gardening. The three most commonly used are shovels, hoes and trowels. These three items help to prepare the soil before the garden is planted by breaking it up so that it is not so compact and allows the roots room to move and breathe. They are also used to dig holes for plants as well as to loosen weeds so that they are easier to pull up. If the garden is a flower garden, then pruners are needed so that dead and diseased branches can be neatly trimmed off in a way that is not damaging to the plant.