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Garden Tools
If any one remembers Smith & Hawken from the 1980s they carried a fabulous line of English garden tools. They also had a great line of child size garden tools. http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/index.php?mod=4&rid=1&tid=11
There is a USA Link at this site: http://www.fredshed.co.uk/bulldogtools.htm

There is a USA Link at this site: http://www.fredshed.co.uk/bulldogtools.htm

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Re: Garden Tools
those are pretty. do you find you actually need more than a trowel though for sfg?
my kids just use my trowel - it's full sized - paid just under $2 for them - i have 3-4 floating around - aforementioned kids are always moving them, lol. (kids are 6,4,1 and can use the adult trowel just fine. mel's mix is so friable that it's not hard at all to mix up in the squares - even when adding in more compost)
i do want a hawes watering can someday though. . .drool. . .
my kids just use my trowel - it's full sized - paid just under $2 for them - i have 3-4 floating around - aforementioned kids are always moving them, lol. (kids are 6,4,1 and can use the adult trowel just fine. mel's mix is so friable that it's not hard at all to mix up in the squares - even when adding in more compost)
i do want a hawes watering can someday though. . .drool. . .
happyfrog-
Posts : 625
Join date : 2010-03-04
Location : USA
Re: Garden Tools
DO you have a favorite gardening tool that you just could not live without? Mine is a garden border fork made by this company. http://www.claringtonforge.com/ Sadly it needs a new handle still.

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Garden Tools
I have a couple hand hoes that work great.
I have em in small, medium and large (mattock).

I have em in small, medium and large (mattock).
TN_GARDENER- Posts : 228
Join date : 2011-06-16
Location : TN
Re: Garden Tools
I love my little hand hoe and cultivator combo too!TN_GARDENER wrote:I have a couple hand hoes that work great.
I have em in small, medium and large (mattock).

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Garden Tools
I use an aluminum grain scoop. It becomes a large trowel for adding compost and the MM is loose enough that it is very useful for turning & mixing and it is large enough to use for carrying produce in from the garden. It probably holds at least 2 quarts.
I find myself using it so much more than the several trowels I have laying around the garden.

I find myself using it so much more than the several trowels I have laying around the garden.

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Lindacol- Posts : 777
Join date : 2011-01-23
Location : Bloomington, CA
Re: Garden Tools
My favorite for weeding is a narrow stirrup hoe. Its long-handled so I can stand up straight and work the soil around the plants lightly to remove any new weeds. It gets right in between the squares easily.
Anything that keeps me from bending is a good thing.
Anything that keeps me from bending is a good thing.
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Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 81
Location : Southwestern Maine Zone 5A
Re: Garden Tools
My favorite tools are my two rugged stainless steel trowels from Johnny's. Their unique shape is a delight, it makes it super easy to scrape out dirt from the corners and bottom edges of containers and the pointed tip makes an easy furrow. The handles are comfortably cushioned and the steel is strong, no more bending my tools when I pry out out buried rocks. A well-designed tool is a joy to use!
I have the all purpose trowel http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6452-trowel-all-purpose.aspx
plus the longer, narrower transplanting trowel http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6593-trowel-transplant.aspx
These were expensive but should outlive me.
I have the all purpose trowel http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6452-trowel-all-purpose.aspx
plus the longer, narrower transplanting trowel http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6593-trowel-transplant.aspx
These were expensive but should outlive me.
Janas- Posts : 21
Join date : 2013-02-03
Location : Keene, NH
Soil Knife
My favorite new tool is a Workforce Soil Knife I found one day while browsing through Menards gardening section. The small head is excellent for loosening the soil around the plants, or making holes for setting in new transplants. It has a sharp point on the end that would be handy for weeding, too, if the bed happened to have any weeds.






"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 73
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
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Re: Garden Tools
My light weight ladder is one of my favorite tools, also. (Along with the hand trowel, seedling straw and chopstick as a small seed dibble)
My most valuable tool is my purple stool/kneeler with tool pouch from Gardeners Supply. I can sit at the 2' tall beds and plant, clean and amend. https://www.gardeners.com/buy/kneeler-tool-pouch/34-315.html?recommendationId=2406747015811

My most valuable tool is my purple stool/kneeler with tool pouch from Gardeners Supply. I can sit at the 2' tall beds and plant, clean and amend. https://www.gardeners.com/buy/kneeler-tool-pouch/34-315.html?recommendationId=2406747015811

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Re: Garden Tools
I'm liking this handtool with mini-claw and ... mini-hoe on the other end from Rural King. ( Actually not sure if I like it because it was dirt inexpensive compared to the first one I saw which was many times more the cost.)
https://www.ruralking.com/catalog/product/view/id/23014
https://www.ruralking.com/catalog/product/view/id/23014
Soose- Posts : 409
Join date : 2022-02-23
Location : North Alabama
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Re: Garden Tools
Oh, no, I should have said, the overall family favorite is the two new "Gorilla Carts" from Lowe's, 4 cu ft. Went and bought a second one (as there are 3 of us working at a time), it was so popular.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gorilla-Carts-4-Poly-Yard-Cart/1000848642
Found it on sale the second time.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gorilla-Carts-4-Poly-Yard-Cart/1000848642
Found it on sale the second time.
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