All of the Basic Tools You Should Keep in Your Garden
We've gathered the essential tools that any gardener, regardless of skill, should keep handy.
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While gardening is a primitive skill, in essence, tools have always been used to plant, harvest, and maintain the land. We aren’t necessarily suggesting an ancient-style obsidian hand ax (though it is an option), but a few basic tools will make your planting, weeding, and harvesting that much easier.
Our Favorite Basic Garden Tools
Showa Atlas NT370 Nitrile Garden Gloves
Like our favorite garden beverages, Showa Atlas nitrile garden gloves come in six-packs — if you lose a pair in the bushes or leave them out in the rain, you’ve always got a fresh pair to spare.
Tubtrugs Small 10 Tub
We use the flexible, 3.5-gallon Tubtrug for everything, from carrying tools and soil to carting clippings to the compost pile.
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Radius Garden Hand Tools
These essentials come in bright colors that are as easy on the eyes as the tools are on your muscles.
Toolite Round Point Shovel
Muddy clay soil sticks to most shovels. But it slides right off this perforated one, which makes big digging tasks a cinch.
