12 Essential Gardening Tools for Beginner and Advanced Gardeners
12 Essential Gardening Tools for Beginner and Advanced Gardeners
I love garden tools…so much so that I probably have about 40 in my shed right now. But as a beginner, you only need about 3 – a cutting tool, digging tool, and watering tool. As you expand your garden, you may want to get into long-handled tools or specialty tools, so I’ve also included those in this video. At the end, a bit of a bonus on how I sharpen my tools to keep them working for years and years.
0:00 – Intro
0:53 – Hand Pruners
2:43 – Trowel / Hori Hori
3:49 – Watering Tools
5:42 – Shovel
8:22 – Wheelbarrow and Fork
10:09 – Oscillating Hoe
12:14 – Loppers
13:41 – Bonus Tools and Sharpening
SPONSOR: Corona Tools
Corona Tools was founded in the 1920s and has been making absolutely incredible, long-lasting, and functional garden tools since then, starting out with their original AG 5050 Orange Shear, which helped to save the citrus industry. Here are the tools mentioned in this video.
→ ClassicCUT Bypass Pruner: https://amzn.to/3ozQsMj
→ ComfortGEL Micro Snips: https://amzn.to/39kTEVM
→ ComfortGEL Transplanter: http://bit.ly/3qb46pv
→ Hoselink Hose Reel: https://www.hoselink.com/
→ Dramm OneTouch Rain Wand: https://amzn.to/2LK8exF
→ Round Point Shovel: http://bit.ly/2Xu8S5l
→ Bow Rake: http://bit.ly/38zqxi5
→ 10-Tine Manure Fork: http://bit.ly/3q9PYg7
→ Two Wheel Wheelbarrow: http://bit.ly/3btYgLZ
→ Oscillating Hoe: http://bit.ly/3bvzxXE
→ ClassicCUT Bypass Lopper: https://amzn.to/2XsuwqB
→ 7″ Quicksaw: https://amzn.to/35vosSw
→ Sharpening Tool: https://amzn.to/35to3jo
SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING
→ Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com
→ Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books
→ Support Directly: https://www.patreon.com/epicgardening
LEARN MORE
Epic Gardening is much more than a YouTube channel:
→ 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/epicurbanhomestead
→ In-Depth Articles: http://www.epicgardening.com/blog
→ Daily Podcast: https://apple.co/2nkftuk
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/
→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicgardening
→ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicgardening
→ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN
→ FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/epicgardening/
→ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/epicgardening
→ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/epicgardening
DISCLAIMER
Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/
My mom bought me these adorable mini shovels and rakes for my birthday (they are literally the size of a pencil) and I use them even though it’s not practical because they are so cute.
Hey Kevin, would love to know where you got that hori hori trowel!!! Been looking for one online but without much luck… 🥲
can you do a video on how to recognize things like nitrogen deficiencies
One of my favorite gardening tool is an old screwdriver I found in the garage after we bought our house. It’s long and sturdy and I use it to remove weeds from my garden. I also use it to dig in and loosen up the soil when I am planting small new plants. Awesome video and great tools from Corona!
What do you use to build your wood raised beds and also what about those tall metal ones?
Curious how you manage to get those perfectly flat raised bed surfaces. Do you use the bow rake for this?
How do find the raised beds that you use and sell?
About the last tip, in the words of Chef Jacques Pepin, blade edges are made of teeth, so when you use your knife, the teeth get out of whack. You are not sharpening the blade, you’re keeping it sharp by re-aligning the teeth. Eventually, the teeth get worn out and you need a grinding stone (coarse, medium, fine…) and spend some time to groove in new teeth.
One of my best tools: a notebook. Everytime I think I’ll remember…
You need to try Homi… It can DIG..!
the most impressive item is the bypass hand pruner. that said Lets play. How many of these tools have never been used Before. this whole video is full of products from a company whos product sits on the shelf because of its overpriced nature. I work at a store whose corona tool display is covered in dust because of the fact its over priced china manufactured items. I would personally like to know if the epic gardening expert would have went out and personally bought these tools? I doubt it.
https://youtu.be/8JwLnl-6l_g?list=PL_YKZKVmyNHg-ZXilkq_ya7EfrhFFr3p2
we also have 5 of these sitting there covered in dust.
Thank you, you are awesome!!!wow your dragon fruit are beautiful 🌻☃️🥑💜
I love your planters, i bet a pond full of koi fish would be amazing
You need to keep all square spades sharp… NOTHING replaces that in my landscape business… NOTHING. It is the best digging shovel when sharp, it has the best control of all shovels. Only use a round point shovel when moving bulk gravel once in awhile!
I have tons of leaves in the Fall, and am wondering why you called them gardener’s gold. Thanks!
Hey Kevin! A request for a neem oil episode. I have used it with some success and am sure I am missing information about it. I’d love to hear what more you, The Epic Gardener, can add. 😊 Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge on so many topics!
I’m loving the pumpkin on the pedestal… I have no idea why
Nice video! I love garden tools, chinese tea ware, and musical instruments! My tips: Go with biointensive beds and opt for a square shovel for digging those. Include a digging fork or broad fork
hey you missed gloves and bucket! i know its obvious ones but probably the gold for every gardener.
I use a machete instead of pruners.. lol
One tip *I* have to share: I really love stainless steel tools. I’m, if I’m honest, kind of lazy and careless, at times, so I absolutely love having tools that don’t need to be babied, that can never rust no matter what.
Fully stainless steel tools don’t necessarily cost that much either, which I was pleasantly surprised by.
Definitely a worthwhile investment, if you ask me.
Quite tall and somewhat lazy? Same
I live in an area with extremely hard water, does anyone have experience with garden hose water filters? Would it be necessary/worth it?
You should do an advanced gardener tool list. I have all these and want to buy new/more tools but I’m not sure what would be most useful and what would end up sitting in the shed unused because I don’t know what to use it for
What if i have a really long but skinny garden what would you do to water that if you dont have time to water by hand
Anvil is better for thicker stuff
2:12 bypass pruners – beter for green part of plant, non bypass pruners ar beter for wooden part of plant (mostly busches/roses). It is worth considering the "force transfer" model, especially if it will be used for woody parts.
hori hori in nz means dirty dirty lol
We just finished our raised beds and are planting in them this weekend. My husband has all of these tools in the shed! Woohoo!! Not sure I should admit this but the pruning shears…yea those are in our junk drawer inside bc I always thought they were some kind of pliers.
Snow shovels work great for light materials as well.
The bypass pruners are for live plants/cuts, and the anvil style are for dead plants/cuts. A bypass will give your plant a clean cut where as an anvil style will crush the cut.
I love garden tools. I love the wheel Barrell and the oscillating hoe. The sharpen is very handy. i need to get one of those. I could probably use it in the kitchen as well. Your video makes me want to go out and get all the tools. I am sure I could find some use for them. Thanks.
Great garden videos 👍 please feel free to check out my brother Wayne his garden utube channel ThePlantaholic capital T and P his head Gardner holitcualrist at Birmingham botanical gardens UK
Love the new homestead! Can you please make a video about the moon trellis… I’m assuming you made it?… Thanks!
How do you sharpen the corona saw that at the end of the video
I have one of those from Corona tools but how to sharpen them.?
Thanks
I’m glad I stumbled upon this…thank you. I have most of them but I call them different names…😆 I’m glad you brought to light their real names. I’m getting an osalating hoe tomorrow..can’t wait, never seen one of those.
Hi! I am new to this channel and I was wondering if you sell the vegetable/fruit you produce or is it just for yourself?
Also do you have a video explaining the layout of your garden ? I see you have plants directly on the soil and others are elevated.
#1 tool is a good hat that blocks light on all sides. A washable one because it’s going to get stanky.
#2 a gorilla cart with 4 wheels instead of the basic wheel barrel.Easy to pull and dump things out. You don’t have to balance it either. Super convenient
Not a tool question, but my sister-in-law told me that you can’t grow new vegetation in soil that tomatoes once grew in, due to a chemical the tomato plants secrete into the soil. Is that true?
The reason that wheelbarrows have a single wheel is for the sheer maneuverability of moving a heavy load to exactly where it’s supposed to go. Sure, two wheels help with balance — which can easily be fixed by properly loading the barrow from the start — but they also double the rolling resistance of the wheelbarrow itself which will make heavier loads heavier to move.
Your growing a dragon fruit??? OH! How I wished I lived in California and not Saskatchewan
Don’t forget gloves..and maybe a hat.
Please can you make a video for beginners. Like I have no idea what mulch is or how gardening works.
Love that massive wheelbarrow! And the stirrup hoe is definitely irreplaceable too… FYI – since buying a silky 13” professional pruning saw, I haven’t touched my loppers (and I do professional arboriculture work).
6:00 fake cough *spade*
If you have waning grip strength, "aviation snips" are a good, force multiplying alternative to pruning shears. You want the yellow handled ones; they cut straight.
not so sexy rust
I’m sure you will find amazing woodworking plans on Woodprix.
Looking for a water wand. Bought the one in your link. Hoping I wave it and my garden turns into yours 😆
(Bypass tools are for live tissue, so they don’t crush it; anvils are for dead ones, no worries about crushing).
I would love the hose video! I am looking to upgrade and would find it very helpful.