Hand Garden Tools

“Let’s Get Ready for Spring: Learning How to Keep Garden Tools Solid, Sharp and Clean” will give gardeners from beginners to masters the opportunity to sharpen their skills and their tools just in time to prune trees and shrubs. Master Gardener Bill Kes will demonstrate how to properly clean and sharpen a variety of garden tools. The Columbus Botanical Gardens is offering two hands-on workshops in February to help gardeners get their landscape off to a healthy start. The most dangerous tools in the gardening shed are powered hedge trimmers and chainsaws. Many gardeners simply don’t consider the importance of keeping tools sharp and well-oiled, he said. “Dirt holds moisture, and then tools rust,” Kes added. Bring a pair of hand pruners or loping shears, and a shovel or hoe to sharpen during the class. “You can sharpen a hedge trimmer,” Kes says.

While many gardeners do not have expensive or high-tech gardening tools, all of them have some type of gardening equipment for cultivating. What kind of gardening equipment you use will obviously depend on the size and extent of your garden, what you are able to handle, if you want to spend a lot of time in your garden or get done quickly, and finally, how much money you are willing... Tools for cultivating can include both hand held tools and power tools. While power tools are a little more expensive than hand tools, they really cut down on the hard labor. In fact, its nearly impossible to have a garden without used gardening equipment. Nearly every gardener has some type of gardening equipment. Other power tools that are very popular include chippers, garden shredders, and chain-saws....

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