Gardening Supplies

10 Essential Gardening Tools (for Better Gardening)



What tools do gardeners use the most? Gardener Scott discusses and demonstrates 10 gardening tools he uses more than any others. These essential gardening tools make gardening easier and should be part of every gardener’s tool box. (Video #281)

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23 Comments

  1. I love my gorilla carts..
    I will never get another wheel barrow. I also like a shovel with a wide foot push section like on your fiberglass spade. I want that on my shorter d-handle shovel as well.

  2. my favorite tool is called a Garden Buddy. it's a cart that the lid can be used as a seat. I can't get down on the ground, but I can sit & roll around my garden. it holds all my tools (pruner, trowel, hand rake). One of the best presents my husband has ever gotten me.

  3. You gotta get a hori hori. I recommend the Dig Dig. Awesome tool. I also recommend a cultivator and a whole bunch of 5 gallon buckets.

  4. Another tool is the Garden Weasil, also known as the Claw. I bought one last year and it does very quick work on the weeds in a flower bed. Just push into the dirt over the weed, and twist, the weed, and root usually come right up. I also have the stirrup hoe too, I find it's OK but better if the ground is not so dry though. I don't have any D handle short tools like your fork, and have thought about getting one, but at this time, it's not that necessary. Otherwise, I have most of the tools on your list, including the Hori Tori, a wheelbarrow, and a 5Gal bucket (great to wash out your paint rollers too).

  5. I remember working in theater and 'accidentally' forgetting some of those metal utility knives in my pocket

  6. I am terrible at putting my small tools back where they go. It looks like you are better organized. I was spending too much time searching for a pruner. So, I got a carpenter's tool pouch that I can wear loosely around my waist. That way I have all of the little tools and plant ties and a place to keep my gloves. Then all I have to do is figure out where I left it the last time I used it.

  7. Solid list, Scott! 👍 I've got all of these and more under cover outside my shop, which is conveniently located right in between my main garden beds.

    As others mentioned, 5 gallon buckets are a must…great for carrying all sorts of stuff including hand tools, and in a pinch a bucket can be used as a stool.

  8. Being a amputee supporting a prosthetic, I too use a wagon. Sometimes a wheelbarrow causes me to Loose balance. The rest of the tools, I use them all. Great video!!! Keep them coming.

  9. I'm an irregular individual. 😀 Instead of a trowel I have a large flathead screwdriver for digging out weeds and planting seeds. A flathead shovel has served me well over the decades. My old flathead is so worn that it now has "ears" and is wonderful for taking out invasive weeds. A hayfork is necessary for turning over the compost and lifting it into the wheelbarrow. And speaking of wheelbarrows, I love the durable plastic one that I got from the local hardware store. I'm getting older and it's hard to generate enthusiasm for carrying bags of soil for here to there. You wouldn't think a plastic wheelbarrow would last, but it has survived the building out of these yards and moving rocks and woods chips. I'm like you, I like the metalhead rake for moving all those chips and spent vegetation.
    That postbox is a good idea! I may do one to keep my hose watering implements all in one space!

  10. Scissors, needle nose nippers, and this year I'm making myself a harvesting apron. Harvesting often takes two hands and the apron will free them up.

  11. Great video for ideas! I will be using this video as birthday gift ideas for myself. I want a hori hori knife and stirrup hoe for the weeds and garden fork to mix my compost pile 🙂

  12. Darn it, Scott! I watched this video a couple days ago and agreed with most of what you said, but when you were discussing a long-handled spade, I thought, "My wooden-handled spade is doing just fine after almost 30 years." Well, you guessed it, it broke this morning. I had to pay more than I wanted to, but I got a fiberglass-handled spade this afternoon. I told my wife it will last longer than I will, lol!

  13. Hello Scott ! I have a problem and question i cant ask on monday eve. . I have a bug problem on mi chart . Everywere in the laeves are holes bitten and some start to go in seed because they feel they gonna dye . Si i went to the nursery getting myself a package of neemoil . When i see the description in the box i see the use is praed it on the ground …. nut it are little flies who doing that …. when i see anny gardeners video's they speaking of spraying on the laeves. … what shall i do ? K don't think that spraeding on the ground is nat help at all . The description dat also its good against aphyds and carrotflies and many other little bugs . I cant ask you that on monday because the question is too long . What shall i do ? Spraying on the laeves ? Thank you for all the help you give to me . Jean Pierre greetings from cold and wet Belgium

  14. Great video! To the point and super valuable. I will add one thing: I highly recommend that folks buy the dramm aluminum water wand heads. They are much more durable when it comes to freezes and drops.

  15. I wanted to know if you do drip irrigation in your raised beds? If so have you done a video on how to set it up? I can’t seem to find one. Is there a drip system you recommended?

  16. What hose would you recommend? I live in Houston, TX. It is pretty hot (90’s to <110) during summer months. Humidity is above 50% with an average of 75%.

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