What if you had ONLY 5 hand tools to grow your vegetable garden? Which 5 would you choose?
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21 Comments
Love all your tips for guarding I see you don't have a fence around the garden how do you keep the
Deer out. I Had to put 8 foot electric fence up.
I have all of the above and then some… but I think I might order another single wheel hoe later in the year… just because it's so useful
You nailed'em!
Great video! Definitely a garden fork, rake, regular round shovel, three prong cultivator and a planting trowel.
Wheel hoe, garden rake, triangle hoe, tunneling spade & 12 gauge (for the dang crows)
The tools you mentioned are great to have, but the Sweeps on my Hoss wheel hoe are invaluable. I keep them on more than any other attachment.
Been gardening my whole life. Folks, let me tell ya, the hand plow is a game changer. It cannot be overstated, hands down, best garden tool for row crops.
I have a rake, and still use it. It I the same one I remember my father using sixty years ago. However, I use the hoe fork at least three times as much as the rake. I would really hate to do without it. Some people call it a rake hoe, some call it a cultivator.
My five would be:
1. Hori Hor Knife. I discovered this Japanese gardening tool early last year. I used it all last year and it is my number one hand tool. It is a combination knife, trowel, light saw, and short measuring tool all in one. It is on my belt every day.
2. Wheel hoe. I agree with others, it is a necessity for any row-crop style garden.
3. Digging shovel. A digging shovel gives me the ability to move and turn earth. If necessary I can start a new garden plot by double digging the he ground. I can dig a drainage ditch if one spot is too wet. And I can spread compost.
4. Hoe but I'm not too fond of them
5. Garden rake. Just like you said.
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the new catalog.
I would pull the shovel and rake out for a good pitch fork and a wheel barrel, the pitch fork is like the Swiss army of garden tools
A regular V fork, for crunching off curlydock roots! A wheelbarrow that's not flat, a four-spike to fluff up the ground if you cant start the roto tiller, a sturdy bucket to sit on cuz you're wearing you new Jean's, and nothing beats leather gloves to pull up old tractor parts from the ground!:)
I know I had the space for a very large garden but next year 2020 I will be having a very large garden the most largest Garden was a 10 by 9 I just played my tomatoes and peppers radishes and some lettuce I want to have a garden and I'm going to set aside at least an acre so I can garden my heart's content I've been watching your show row by row and I love it but I'm also going to have a Orchard you said to me that you will touch on the subject and the spring well here it is in the spring and did you have a video on that subject I can't seem to find it but I'm going to be asking a lot of questions since I'm learning a lot but some things I need to know about rotation do you put corn and a tomato patch from the previous year or potatoes into a corn plot so I know the vegetables can be similar together so what is the good way to rotate your crop and the cover crop what is the best to cover your crap for the winter thank you I enjoy everything that you do on YouTube I'm learning a lot
Travis you surprised me with the single wheel hoe. Thought you wete going to include the double wheel hoe because of the better balance and hilling certain vegetables with one pass. I do understand your choice especially if you were new and if you had to buy all the tools this time around.
what kind of compost do you use, do you make your own or do you buy it.
Here's what I use most: Hard tooth rake,
Field hoe, Stirrup hoe, Turning fork/gardening fork, D handle spade, Wheelbarrow, Spring tooth rake, Scoop shovel. I do not have a wheel hoe, yet. I do have a Horse tiller, which though I don't use often, would not be without. I live in coastal Texas so garden year round. My garden space is 85 X 50. Rarely have the whole space planted except in seasonal transitions.
I'm new to your channel but what I have seen so far is the information people need to get started and be successful. Great content. Thanks!
Have you tried, and did you like, interplanting green beans to run up the corn stalks with squash plants between rows to shade/reduce weeds? The old Indian method. My grandparents did it, but I was too young to analyze how much it actually accomplished for them.
Are your tools made in the U.S.A.?
Just wanted to drop by and rave about your garden fork and hoe. I was given them as a gift, and I am so impressed. The fork is heavier than any other fork I've worked with, and with that foot tread at the top the weight makes it so much easier to use. I'm using that to aerate a very heavy clay soil, crack the upper layer and let compost and rice hulls slide down into the opening. On the hoe, it's sharp from the start, really helps. What should i use to keep the wood handle in good shape? I was debating whether to put linseed oil on it, just in case it gets left out in the rain, which it doesn't deserve!
I agree top 5
Never used a wheel hoe I want one now
Wheelbarrow,😀