We're drowning in choice with a new 'game changing' tool announced seemingly every month! But which tools do you actually need? Which are my essentials and which are the luxuries?
This is so informative. I’m going out to the shed later to see what we are missing. (Buying for the garden is practically gardening, right?) We moved a couple of years ago and I had really stopped gardening almost completely but find I miss it very much. Thankfully this spring we are back to it, starting to truly make this house our own. Glad I found you!
Thank you Cheryl! Great to hear you enjoyed it! Shopping is most definitely gardening 😂 You’ve picked the perfect spring to get back into the garden! ☀️☀️☀️
A brilliant and informative article and very amusingly written. I was intrigued with the wrecking bar. I’m not a tools aficionado, nor have I worked on a building site, so this was news to me. However I realise it is just what I need. I have the frustrating experience of gardening on a seam of flint and it is very frustrating. Digging a hole to plant anything is a trial so the wrecking bar sounds just the thing for me. Thank you for the inspiration.
Ah, thanks very much! I really appreciate that. The wrecking bar is fantastic. Slightly unwieldy. For flint I can also recommend a mini pick/mattock like this: https://amzn.eu/d/bdBYaNJ
I love this article. I've got to admit I (like your grandmother) only have a handful of tools, no doubt influenced by my own gardening great grand mother who made do with about 3 tools. It's partially the price that puts me off as I'd rather spent the money on plants. I tend to buy expensive brands and as a result they last for ages. One very useful item I've got (although not sure if it counts) is a cordless mini chain saw. It makes all sorts of pruning jobs so much easier when it comes to thicker branches. I would highly recommend it to anyone who finds lopers a bit hard to use 😀
Thank you Katherine. Great to hear. Sounds like both our Great Grandmothers were legends! I think that’s the right approach. Buy quality. Buy the essentials. Those mini chainsaws are brilliant!
Oh, my stats, My husband and I read this together, laughing through the whole thing. M man is a guy who likes to have “the right tool for the job”. We didn’t count his tools, but I bet he will tomorrow. Here a couple on your essentials list that he does not have. You can bet they are in his future! Thank you for such good information shared with such deprecating humor!
A great piece, Elliott! I'm very envious of your 8 pairs of secetuers I have 2, one of which I lost last spring. I presumed they had found there way to the compost bin (which has happened before). I found them just a few weeks ago (nowhere near where I remembered last using them) beside the pond near a little fleabane. Obviously as it grew last year it covered the secetuers! With a little oil, they are back to full working order. Mr. H. has 4 shovels, that's after giving 1 to each of the son in laws!
I look forward to your writing, it is always informative. I don't know how you manage without a greenhouse though.
Thank you. Much appreciated Helen. My secs seem to be breeding. I found two more in the garage after writing this! I’ve definitely done that. A few pairs have gone through the compost! 😂 Ah yes, the greenhouse. It’s on the wish list. Maybe next year! 🤞
This is so informative. I’m going out to the shed later to see what we are missing. (Buying for the garden is practically gardening, right?) We moved a couple of years ago and I had really stopped gardening almost completely but find I miss it very much. Thankfully this spring we are back to it, starting to truly make this house our own. Glad I found you!
Thank you Cheryl! Great to hear you enjoyed it! Shopping is most definitely gardening 😂 You’ve picked the perfect spring to get back into the garden! ☀️☀️☀️
A brilliant and informative article and very amusingly written. I was intrigued with the wrecking bar. I’m not a tools aficionado, nor have I worked on a building site, so this was news to me. However I realise it is just what I need. I have the frustrating experience of gardening on a seam of flint and it is very frustrating. Digging a hole to plant anything is a trial so the wrecking bar sounds just the thing for me. Thank you for the inspiration.
Ah, thanks very much! I really appreciate that. The wrecking bar is fantastic. Slightly unwieldy. For flint I can also recommend a mini pick/mattock like this: https://amzn.eu/d/bdBYaNJ
I love this article. I've got to admit I (like your grandmother) only have a handful of tools, no doubt influenced by my own gardening great grand mother who made do with about 3 tools. It's partially the price that puts me off as I'd rather spent the money on plants. I tend to buy expensive brands and as a result they last for ages. One very useful item I've got (although not sure if it counts) is a cordless mini chain saw. It makes all sorts of pruning jobs so much easier when it comes to thicker branches. I would highly recommend it to anyone who finds lopers a bit hard to use 😀
Thank you Katherine. Great to hear. Sounds like both our Great Grandmothers were legends! I think that’s the right approach. Buy quality. Buy the essentials. Those mini chainsaws are brilliant!
Oh, my stats, My husband and I read this together, laughing through the whole thing. M man is a guy who likes to have “the right tool for the job”. We didn’t count his tools, but I bet he will tomorrow. Here a couple on your essentials list that he does not have. You can bet they are in his future! Thank you for such good information shared with such deprecating humor!
😂 Great comment! So happy to hear you enjoyed it! Let me know how many! 👍
A great piece, Elliott! I'm very envious of your 8 pairs of secetuers I have 2, one of which I lost last spring. I presumed they had found there way to the compost bin (which has happened before). I found them just a few weeks ago (nowhere near where I remembered last using them) beside the pond near a little fleabane. Obviously as it grew last year it covered the secetuers! With a little oil, they are back to full working order. Mr. H. has 4 shovels, that's after giving 1 to each of the son in laws!
I look forward to your writing, it is always informative. I don't know how you manage without a greenhouse though.
Thank you. Much appreciated Helen. My secs seem to be breeding. I found two more in the garage after writing this! I’ve definitely done that. A few pairs have gone through the compost! 😂 Ah yes, the greenhouse. It’s on the wish list. Maybe next year! 🤞