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Hi all, we will be buying some garden tools very soon. I was wondering what tools you would recomend to a newbie. I will tell you the tools I allready have.
1 pointy shovel.
1 long hedge trimmer, Loppers I think they are called, look like long scissors
1 parrot beak looking hedge trimmer
1 wide shovel, like a small coal shovel
1 tree tine pitch fork
1 large plastic leaf rake
See, I told you I was a newbie, I don't even know the correct names for these things!!!
And that is it. No hoe's or rakes. Man we do need some good tools. My problem is getting the kids to put them up when they are done with them. Gonna have to get realy tough on them this year. We plan on getting a little cultivator tiller as well as a sprinkler and hose, a couple of hoes and a short rake or two. What else would you get? And which brands of the above mentioned items would you get? I have a bad back and I wonder if there are any of those tools that are kinder on a back than others? Also, what are your favorite ways of trellising? Again in deference to my back I want to trellis my tomatoes, pole beans, and cucumbers. Thanks in advance for any and all help!!!
God bless you and yours
Debbie
1 pointy shovel.
1 long hedge trimmer, Loppers I think they are called, look like long scissors
1 parrot beak looking hedge trimmer
1 wide shovel, like a small coal shovel
1 tree tine pitch fork
1 large plastic leaf rake
See, I told you I was a newbie, I don't even know the correct names for these things!!!
And that is it. No hoe's or rakes. Man we do need some good tools. My problem is getting the kids to put them up when they are done with them. Gonna have to get realy tough on them this year. We plan on getting a little cultivator tiller as well as a sprinkler and hose, a couple of hoes and a short rake or two. What else would you get? And which brands of the above mentioned items would you get? I have a bad back and I wonder if there are any of those tools that are kinder on a back than others? Also, what are your favorite ways of trellising? Again in deference to my back I want to trellis my tomatoes, pole beans, and cucumbers. Thanks in advance for any and all help!!!
God bless you and yours
Debbie