dibbers
Hole-making garden tools
Dibbers are pointed hand tools used in gardening to make holes in soil for planting seeds, seedlings, or bulbs.
The singular is dibber, also called a dibble.
Gardeners push the tool into the ground, twist slightly, and drop a seed into the resulting hole: She worked down the row with her dibber, planting onion sets.
Newly germinated plants
- bulbsUnderground plant storage
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- holesOpenings through material
depth · spacing · rows · bedding · saplings · soil · plot · root vegetables
Made from timber
- metalHard conductive solid
- pointedTapering to a tip
- T-handlePerpendicular grip for torque
- graduatedCompleted formal studies
handmade · ergonomic · traditional · Victorian · antique · hand-forged · tapered · cylindrical
Flat blade for spreading
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- transplanterTool for relocating seedlings
- bulb planterTool for digging planting holes
seed drill · measuring stick · rake · potting bench · seed tray · cloche · cold frame · propagator
Interval arrangement between objects
- firmingBecoming less soft
- hardening offGradual outdoor exposure process
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation
- companion plantingGrowing compatible plants together
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- bulbsUnderground plant storage
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
holes · depth · spacing · rows · bedding · saplings · soil · plot · root vegetables · sets
wooden
Made from timber
graduated · handmade · ergonomic · traditional · Victorian · antique · hand-forged · tapered · cylindrical · wrist strap
trowel
Flat blade for spreading
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- transplanterTool for relocating seedlings
bulb planter · seed drill · measuring stick · rake · potting bench · seed tray · cloche · cold frame · propagator · garden twine
spacing
Interval arrangement between objects
- firmingBecoming less soft
- hardening offGradual outdoor exposure process
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation