8 essential gardening tools and their uses

Описание: You don't need many tools to garden successfully. I suggest what to look for and why these 8 are my favourites. I am not on commission and have no affiliation fee for any except for the dibber which I designed.
I just want to show you the most efficient, easy way to use these helpful tools.
Music is 'Homeacres' by Jacqui Vincent https://jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/tr...

00:00 Introduction to using tools in the garden
01:10 A spade - useful for digging out roots, planting trees
01:33 …in comparison to a shovel
01:53 Looking at two shovels - one plastic, one metal - and comparing their respective qualities
04:02 A fork prong / manure fork – I demonstrate how to use when moving compost
05:39 A hoe – when and why you would need to use one
06:48 A look at different types of hoe – I show you my preference and explain why
09:26 A trowel – I explain and demonstrate its two main uses: removing top roots of perennial weeds, and planting (eg potatoes, and pot plants such as kale)
13:30 The benefits of a copper trowel
14:20 A rake – I demonstrate how to use one for levelling the surface of a bed, and how it can be used to disturb weed seedlings
16:10 Different types of rake, and the benefits of using one similar to mine
16:44 A word on keeping tool handles clean!
17:20 One of my favourite tools - a long -handled dibber - and a look at two types
18:50 I demonstrate how to use the dibber to make holes for transplanting
21:13 The smallest tool of all - a folding pocket-knife; I show you my preference, and demonstrate how I sharpen it with a sharpening stone
23:35 A final word on tools, and distributors see links in description below

UK distributor of my long handled dibber https://www.gardenimports.co.uk/produ...
USA & Canada distributor of my long handled dibber https://allaboutthegarden.com

Gorilla plastic shovel https://www.buildworld.co.uk/merchant...

Copper tools from Implementations https://implementations.co.uk/shop/

See this earlier video about Tools and Techniques in my no dig garden    • Tools and techniques: no dig bed prep  

And this one on transplanting techniques:    • Transplanting, 5 steps for best results in...  

Filmed and edited by Alessandro Vitale @spicymoustache at Homeacres 24th March 2022, temperate climate zone 8.

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