In this video, I give you my 20 BEST garden tools I ALWAYS use here when I’m gardening at home.
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I laughed so hard at the etool reference. I got one from the Marine corps and I use it in the garden. It's the only reason I joined a Marine corps just for that lol
You’re such a COOL NICE guy I enjoy your hands on teaching with a positive sense of humor 😆 I look forward to your videos keep us updated and laughing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Proper footwear Hats& gloves a cooler for cold drinks, trash cans for bags leftover throw aways and knee pads safety eye and ear wear,last………comfortable chair or bench when you need a break🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
02:00 "This little bugger will grip on to the star picket and pull it out"… also, it'll bend it, by the looks of it, LOL.
Also, best unpowered tool in my garden, other than the Esky, is the lock on the back door of the house that lets me get some time to myself.
Interesting list of tools. The devil stakes look particularly interesting and useful around the garden.
Hose, watering can, string, buckets, and pocket knife
My favorite potato digger was called Thewife. 😀 We are divorced now. 😁
Admit it,you made the long handled saw to scare off the cokatoos. 😁
A grabber tool. With my back injury I have to use a grabber tool to refrain from bending. But its been invaluable for grabbing things high up like fruits or more recently Japanese beetles at the top of my bean teepee since the end has little rubber cups.
one tool that is not organic and I use is a watering can. I also use a hose and have a sprinkler system, but occasionally a milder watering technique that the hose is needed so in comes the watering can ! I took after you and put in those high raised beds with wood on the bottom, second year now of use and they seem to reduce the watering needed for plants, also some plants grow extremely in these: i have one batch of tomatoes with the vines as thick as my thumb vs the ones grown normally that are like a pen.
My favourite shovel in the garden is my post hole digging shovel. I use it for many purposes.
I gt one of them army shovel off a friend a few years back but someone robbed it
trowel and scoop. but I garden on a deck, so small things are better. Also gloves. 🙂
Best tool in the garden is your brain, so you make less mistakes.
That extended saw was great thanks for sharing all of these
Tool #1 — Seine Twine, aka Cotton Twine. Usually at least two-ply or three-ply cotton cord that's about 1/8" in diameter. I eschew the use of plastic anymore, trying to get back to my roots, so to speak. Cotton twine is more than strong enough for your average everyday needs, especially in a garden setting. Plus, it rots away to nothing in a few years. Plastic line is stronger, sure, but it's also too strong. A lot of people use parachute cord, for example, with a 550lb tensile strength…. but have absolutely never needed that kind of strength and the plastic rope will be in the landfills and wild spaces for the next thousand years. You can get cotton rope up to 3/8" diameter, and you can double up the 1/8" diameter stuff if that's all you can find in town. The 1/8" cotton twine has something like a 100lb tensile strength. If you're not sure where to search for good cotton twine, I buy online from R&W Rope company, but any store that deals with Nautical things will have it.
Tool #2 – Pine Tar. I'm honestly amazed at how many people have forgotten about this wonderful material. Not only is it anti-bacterial/microbial but it's the single best wood-preservative I've ever found. All natural, it's the resin from pine trees extracted by heating up stumps and offcuts. Once known as Stockholm Tar, it was what kept the ancient navies afloat.
You can buy it at stores that deal with livestock supplies, or equine places. If you're into boats, you can shop for it at Nautical supply houses. Davey's is a good brand name in Australia. In the US, Tenda is a brand name folks might run across.
Pine Tar for putting on wood, should be thinned down at least 50/50 with genuine Turpentine – also a pine product. Not only does thinning it down help it to soak into the wood better, but it stretches things out as pine tar can be a little pricey. Pine Tar is a natural waterproofing and should be applied to all of your wooden tool handles. Not only does it keep the boring insects away, but your wood pieces won't rot out as quick. At the end of every season, simply wash the tool down with the hose, and apply a fresh coat of thinned-down Pine Tar before hanging the tool up in the shed for the winter.
If that wasn't enough of a plug for the stuff….. You can use it to waterproof your cotton twine. Sailors used Pine Tar for waterproofing everything. If you dip your cotton twine in the pine tar, it will last longer outside without growing any mold and mildew on it. I do this on nicer applications, but I have a real hard time burning up the tar on cotton twine I know will be cut through and tossed in the bin. It's no joke to say that pine tar is an excellent preservative, and you'll find yourself coiling up odd bits of tarred twine to use again another time.
I highly recommend everyone get a copy of the Ashley Book of Knots to learn more about how cords and lines can be used around the home. On Youtube, there's a wonderful channel called First Class Amateur who shows some awesome ways to use rope for everyday things, like gardening. It's one of those materials we've done away with because we think the newer stuff is better, but…. rope can do things that straps and bungies just can't.
My favorite is a trowel, and a small shovel.. and scissors
#21 and my personal favorite is the grub hoe, great for scalping the turf layer off, breaks up open ground as good as a shovel and can pull rocks like a pick.
I have a couple of trugs for putting harvested veggies into. I have two so I can leave one out in the garden as one is usually in the kitchen. I use them every day. Ha! just thinking of your re-purposed army tools, I remembered that I have several stainless steel I.V. bag poles. I'm not a nurse but I came across them at a salvage. They make great plant stakes and right now they are holding up some chicken wire around a garden bed.
Thanks this was helpful, I have some of my grandfathers tools and some of my great grandfathers. Favourite is Great grandfathers long handle cultivator, excellent at grabbing fruit that's out of reach high up a tree.
Hey mate, already been binging your vids since yesterday but just wanted to say how much I appreciate your candidness (especially when you admitted they sent you one and you’ll get a percentage of sales from your viewers) when discussing products and how refreshing your approach was rather than tiptoeing around collaborations with companies and acting coy. Just that one line of honesty made a world of difference to my experience on your channel 🤙
Great video ! This is my the best garden tool — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmnjEOthrlE&t=10s 🙂
Youve got no small hand shovel. Do you?
I was a rifleman.then mortarman then a qwee…ill be reporting you to the RQ for pilfering😄😄😄i always enjoyed ending an ex with a bit of thieving too
A dutch hoe is excellent for weeding…mine is over 100 years old..i got it off my hero..99 year old harry hanson. and with replaced handle still going strong
Hahaha This guy is great. Love watching his videos. Makes you laugh and informs you too, winner
I had to go buy a new fork. The ones at Home Depot and even tractor supply are junk. I bent the tines in the first use.. I found that Ace hardware and true temper forks are great due to the better quality steel. The true temper one was made in Austria and Ace is made in Mexico. Avoid Chinese stuff if you can when it comes to these.