Favourite garden tools

[Scarlet]

After reading Greenleaves thread and his grass hook I was wondering what tools you favour and why?

I've never heard of a grasshook!! I will look it up.
I've got my favourite secateurs that are with me all the time while in the garden. I recently bought a pair of tin snips for cutting copper but they have found their way into the garden too. But what I have found handy recently is a mini shovel? The handle is just under 2ft? long. It's been great for digging out the compost from the bottom of my composters and it's fab digging holes in the GH for my toms. I'm seriously suffering with a bad back and I'm able to do lots more without getting up and down.

[Snoop Puss]

Sorry to hear about your back. Glad you've found something that helps.

As for me, I should think everybody here knows by now that I never go out into the garden without my hori-hori, usually accompanied by my nejiri hoe. I have no idea how I got along without them.

That said, my real favourite is Mr Snoop. I only have to say "Do you think you could make...?" or "Could you give me a hand with...?" and he's on the case.

[veggiechicken]

My Grab and Go tools live in a builder's bucket which is always in the GH.
Contents -
1. A copper trowel which is long and pointy and stays clean (although I used it for levering out something strong and the band holding the blade to the handle wasn't strong enough and opened up. Some insulating tape covers the gap!!)
2. My favourite pair of secateurs - bought cheap online (there's a thread somewhere) and they're very comfortable to use.
3. Pair of reasonably thorn proof gloves

With these 3 items I can do most things - sowing, weeding, pruning, harvesting.

Anything more energetic needs

4. the Culti-weeder - for hoeing, raking, cutting drills. I have 2, one on a long handle and another hand tool one which can also live in the bucket.

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I also use a Heavy duty fork for levering out brambles and a spade to plant trees - but very little else - although I seem to have a shed full of tools.

[Penellype]

The fork that came with the allotment. I have no idea what make it is - its clearly ancient, but it is the most comfortable fork I've ever used. That plus a rubber trug, a hand fork and trowel and a pair of secateurs will do most jobs except cut the grass.

[Jay-ell]

My hori-hori tends to cover most of the day to day jobs along with my little hand hoe.

For generalddigging its the fork and for heavier work there's the mattock and Irish shovel and for turning the compost there's the manure fork.

[bario1]

4. the Culti-weeder - for hoeing, raking, cutting drills. I have 2, one on a long handle and another hand tool one which can also live in the bucket.

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I was going to say culti-weeder too. Nice to see your veg patch looking tidy for once, VC!

[veggiechicken]

Thanks bario
Well spaced lettuce too.

[burnie]

My favourite tool in the garden is a chair to sit on...………………………….

[Small pumpkin]

My favourite things are Japanese weeding tool, my left handed secateurs, and my heavy duty snips for salad and chilli harvesting.

[Bren In Pots]

I'd not be without my old tablespoon it's handy when filling loo rolls with compost, and planting out newspaper pots and potting on seedling.

[Lumpy]

My OH. Ha ha

[the big lebowski]

mine is my onion hoe https://hurst-iw.co.uk/products/4294...SABEgKIrPD_BwE ,i find it really useful, cheers

[Jimny14]

For me it's this



Japanese weeding hoe, this is the left handed version

[Derbydal]

my thermos ,also my hadzhoe its about 3lb in wieght but I use it more than a spade and can shift a lot of soil in no time ,so I can get back to drinking tea and dunking biscuits !atb Dal.

[bikermike]

My opinel knife. Had if for over 20 years and it has a lovely patina (and as its carbon steel can be got really sharp.

I also have spade that is old. I thought it was my grandparents' but it turns out my parents found it under the floorboards of one of their houses. Nice to use though