What is your favorite/most useful garden tool ?

Hosepipes used to cause the most garden accidents, but that now appears to have changed. Interesting that another seemingly harmless item, a flower pot, is now the second most dangerous item in the garden after lawnmowers.


"The top gardening injuries are caused by: 1. Lawn mowers (6,500 accidents in the UK each year), 2. Flower pots (5,300), 3. Secateurs and pruners (4,400), 4. Spades (3,600), 5. Electric hedge trimmers (3,100), 6. Plant tubs and troughs (2,800), 7. Shears (2,100), 8. Garden forks (2,000), 9. Hoses and sprinklers (1,900) and 10. Garden canes and sticks (1,800)"

 

A good hose pipe on a sturdy reel is a must, but a raging panel saw cuts jagged edges and will not go through knots if dull.
I also find a solid stick is good to keep the help going.

 

My favourites have got to be my tool for turning over the compost heap and my 'thingymadig'... a trowell with serated edges :-)

 

My other half bought me this gardening bag a couple of years ago online. It came with a number of hand held tools in it, different size spades, fork, a weeding tool and a few other bits and pieces. It's used a lot and the tools have all held up well. It's been really handy and i would be lost without it now.

 

Dutch Hoe and Garden Rake amongst other tools.

 

Well, I have worked the whole planting and growing season with just the small hand fork. Never did find the missing trowel. Delighted with the results.

 

Would have to be the garden rake that my grandfather made 60+ years ago. Was given to me by my Mum when i moved into my first house.

 

Well, I was going to order a Joseph Bentley border fork and hand fork to go with the rest of my kit but I can't find any online! Does the company not exist anymore or something? Can anyone here recommend tools of the same quality or superior, with wooden handles?

Thanks,

Nick

 

Just ordered these two, hopefully will be even better than their JB counterparts.

Border Fork - RHS Endorsed

Round Tined Fork - RHS Endorsed

Nick