Lesson 1 Flashcards
WHAT IS HORTICULTURE?
as the applied science of cultivating and growing plants used for both consumption and aesthetic or ornamental purposes. root crops, fruits, vegetables, trees, herbs, decorative plants, medicinal plants
What is Agriculture?
A broad term that covers forestry, agronomy, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and horticulture
Farm tools
Objects that are usually lights and are used with no help of animals and machineries.
Machineries used in crops production.
Farm tools
Accessories pulled by animals or animals to machineries to make easier.
Farm Implements
Used for cutting grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees.
Bolo
Used for removing trash or soil, digging canals or ditches, and mixing soil.
Spade
Used in removing trash, digging loose soil, moving soil and for mixing soil media.
Shovel
Used for loosening the soil around the growing plants and putting small amount of manure fertilizer in the soil.
Trowel
Used for breaking hard topsoil and pulverizing soil.
Hoe
Used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil.
Rake
Used for digging big holes and for digging out big stones and stumps.
Crowbar
Used for cultivating the garden plot by loosening the soil and removing weeds around the plant.
Hand cultivator
Used for cutting bigger size post.
Axe
Used for hauling trash, fertilizers, planting materials and other equipment
Wheelbarrow
