Top 5 Gardening Tools You Need
Top 5 Gardening Tools You Need
Kristopher from the Midwest Man Mountain channel is joining us this month to discuss the top 5 garden tools you need to start gardening this Spring.
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Great tool tips!! Thanks for sharing.
I would put the phone number for MISS DIG as #1 for anyone starting a new digging job in a spot that you and NEVER dug in that location.
Well, I liked this video. I am great at killing plants so the very basics are great for me 😀 And this is for mere mortals, right? No need for super snazzy stuff…. MWMM, you’re cool. *cool nod*
My 6 tine Yo-Ho manure fork is an INDISPENSABLE tool for me in my sandy, compacted, and rocky soil. Just yesterday, I moved TONS of rocks and roots from my 4’x8′ garden bed as well as aerated the soil with it. This thing goes 12.5" deep into the soil! This thing is BOSS! LOL!! It does things a spade shovel could NEVER do! Thought i’d share that to help others. Thanks for sharing.
I think a dibble a hoe a grub hoe. a string line a rotor tiller (If you can afford one) a bunch of row marker stakes a good small milking stool or such to make it easier to weed a nice chicken wire fence to keep small critters out like rabbits and gophers (Bury the bottom edge deep so they do not burrow underneath) and a few large tarps in case of hail warning.
is he wearing lipstick?!?!
A hose, long enough to reach your whole garden.
A pitchfork for turning/aerating compost(Ive found a shovel can hurt worms around the edges)
Bird feeders to attract birds who will eat pests
A water source(pond or birdbath(s)) for birds and insects in the area
Mason bee homes cause they are great pollinators, and are native.
The hat is ridiculously large and somewhat goofy looking… I love mine, dang things provides some shade doesn’t it Kris. Where did you get yours?
I like your video style and camera personality… just subscribed to your channel.
Does the rotating handle in the pruning shears serve a purpose?
The top 3 long handled garden tools that we use are the shovel, steel rake and a hoe. The hoe is good for hilling up raised beds or hills and also for tamping down a planted seed bed without bending over.
Not everyone has the same soil to use hand tools on to loosen the soil cause not everyone has the same type soil. My soil type is clay, I can barely dig anything so I’m trying a electric tool for digging like a rotating tiller. Do you have any suggestions of what tools to use should to loosen up soil, plz give your thoughts of what I should use on clay soil, thx
I like a combination hoe/cultivator for weeding. I rehandled one with a 30" handle so you don’t have to bend over as much.
this dude is a serial killer
Awesome video!
How about a large and small garden fork to loosen the soil without having to completely move it like with a spade.
Is it better or not to use a tiller? Is it better to spade your garden?
i think the thing that you put the birt in
The Hori Hori is one of my favorite tools
I may be more inclined to take this advice if the garden didn’t look completely dead!
I thought it was pretty good. Actually pretty informative for a new home owner.
One of my favourite newly found tools is the manual weed cutter.
Regional & soil differences vary so a flat tine fork is the best for maintaining tilth, even digging a hole, as most shovels create walls, not letting oxygen into root balls during growth. Larger gardens need 2 or 4 wheel carriers, as one wheel balance is tough to manage plus storage & aesthetics are awkward, however cost may be prohibitive. Your mileage may vary.
Hi Kristopher! I live in the Mojave Desert and I can say I agree with your choice of tools; I own all of them. I tend to wear out a lot of gardening gloves moving sandy clay and rocks around. I like the knit and latex combo. They fit my hands better. I was nearly going crazy because I misplaced my pruning saw in January. Nice video!
I LOVE this, thank you so much.
For me #1 is a walk behind tiller we have a big garden # 2 my bucket on my tractor to move all my compost my livestock make a look of compost then I have a bunch of different hand tools as well. Good advice
well tnx because it help me to review to test
Great Tips!!!
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If we’re talking big tools, I like bedding forks and digging forks better than shovels for some jobs. I also love the tiny circle hoe or carrot hoe or short hula hoe. It goes by many names, but it’s my favorite weeding tool by far.
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Welcome to the channel! Was that a three bin composting system I saw near the end? I would say that you should show the benefits of using that system in one of your future contributions to this channel. I started one last year and it’s great for make compost fast!
Maybe a hose or buckett for wotering your garden?
its a flowerpot man!
Nice video.
Awesome video.
very informative, hope to see you again soon.
Just FYI. There are two types of pruning shears, bypass and anvil. Bypass shears are used on live and dormant growth. Anvil shears are used on dead growth, like last years’ blackberry canes.
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I’d have to say that my favorite tool (at the moment) is that all-purpose metal rake (third one you showed). I am intrigued by that three-pronged hook-y looking one though. Favorite tool as a kid was the good old manure shovel 😉
I’ll check out your channel next; thanks for a great video!
No harm done but very goofy.
Are there any specialty tools you recommend for container gardening? I am in a townhouse and, aside from the flowerbed out front, i only have a 6 foot by 6 foot patio on the back of my home on which to grow container vegetables. Aside from my basic hand tools, should I be on the lookout for something else?
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I can’t help but thing that the good old migrant worker is missing from this list.
After already having four bouts with skin cancer I wear a wide brim hat. Having Amish stores near me I bought one of their straw hats. Subscribed.