your favourite tool/equipment for gardening

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  1. use to be gardener

    use to be gardener Gardener

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    ok then just wondered what is/are your favourite tool/tools that you have or have had/used?

    mine would be my swoe if find so light and handy for getting into tight spots and removing weeds
     
  2. high kype

    high kype Gardener

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    mine is the diber my old man made for me out of the shaft of a spaid i dont have to bend to mutch [​IMG]
     
  3. UsedtobeDendy

    UsedtobeDendy Gardener

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    i have a twisted 3 pronged hand tool
    love it [​IMG]
     
  5. geoffhandley

    geoffhandley Gardener

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    MY spade. Lets face it its the thing I use most. I cannot think of any tool I have used for as long a period or to do as much work with. Some years ago my wife bought me a stainless steel spade and it is wonderful. Nicely balanced easy to work with. I started back on vegetable growing after a gap of over 10 years and the other week I looked back at a bean trench I had opened up. In just less than an hour I must have shifted several tons of soil - you get a real sense of satisfaction and I was pleased that I could still do it after my by pass op last year, but you need a good tool for the job. If you don't have a stainless steel spade, save up for one.
     
  6. Hornbeam

    Hornbeam Gardener

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    My hoe. I use it more than anything else and can't remember when I last used a spade. Only use a fork when I'm spreading manure. Have at long last realised that most of the tools we buy are never used.
     
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    [​IMG] Now I have no veg patch anymore, my favourites are my hand fork & trowel & my secatuers... [​IMG] Oh, and an old small hoe that I ground down & put a short handle on & use it as a hand-hoe for the flower beds.... ;) :D
     
  8. Dave W

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    My dutch hoe. It's about 60 or 70 years old, sharp as can be and has a lovely long and nicely shaped and balanced handle. I'd never be able to find a replacement. My other favourite is my garden fork, again about 60 or 70 years old, with tines as sharp as needles and a well worn handle.
     
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    My Favourites are my trusty Garden knife which proves invaluable,and has been passed down generation by generation.
     
  10. marge

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    Mr Marge cos he always helps out when I need him [​IMG] Seriously, my snips - use them all the time [​IMG]
     
  11. Blackthorn

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    Secateurs, hand fork and mattock. I can do most things I need to with them :D
     
  12. oktarine

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    Cant believe none of you have mentioned my favourite - The Kettle !!!

    TTFN
     
  13. boygardener

    boygardener Gardener

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    mine would have to be my 5 pronged fork, it's lovely for moving compost.

    kind regards boygardener
     
  14. use to be gardener

    use to be gardener Gardener

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    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] i like your favourite oktarine the kettle i think some others were too scared to be honest enough to say that the kettle was thier favourite tool
     
  15. jlottie

    jlottie Apprentice Gardener

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    Lol, well after the kettle it has to be my down turned fork, wouldn't be without it. [​IMG]
     
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