2023 favorite tools?

[DirtMechanic]

I can easily go first. The one garden tool I find in my pocket most often is a simple pair of midsized scissors.

I am gonna call the gloves personal wear. The rubbery ones are the ticket for grabbing weeds.

You?

 

[Mr_Yan]

Full brim hat, gloves, hand mattock - about equal

 

[YumYum]

The biggest things I have is a backpack sprayer and a reverse rotation tiller. Secondary tools are a shovel, rake, wheelbarrow, and knife.

 

[pepper]

I got a garden wagon on sale a couple weeks ago. It's handy to pull stuff back and fourth to the garden.

 

[Tetters]

My tractor mower is no 1 - sit down on the job!

Kent & Stowe small secateurs, and small (ladies) Kent and Stowe border fork ... we've done many miles together

 

[Mr_Yan]

I got a garden wagon on sale a couple weeks ago. It's handy to pull stuff back and fourth to the garden.

Wagons for the win. I use mine a lot and have hauled several tons around here with it.

 

[pepper]

Wagons for the win. I use mine a lot and have hauled several tons around here with it.

It has been really handy for hauling buckets of water. I can't do that with a wheel barrow because it's not level. The one I got I can remove the sides in less then a minute so it has also come in handy for a seat when it's time to take a 5 minute break lol.

 

[Mr_Yan]

It has been really handy for hauling buckets of water. I can't do that with a wheel barrow because it's not level. The one I got I can remove the sides in less then a minute so it has also come in handy for a seat when it's time to take a 5 minute break lol.

Last few weeks I have loaded mine with large chunks of broken concrete to pull it across unlevel ground, then 400 ish pounds of lumber for a fence, then the concrete bags for the fence posts.

Another great "hack" is use a black concrete mixing tub to hold all the tools you're using on projects in the yard. Then there is one place to look for what you need - drill / ratchet / wrenches / hammer / hardware. Same idea works for painting - roller pan, can, and the like goes in the tub - spills are contained and it prevents you stepping backwards into the roller pan.

 

[pepper]

Last few weeks I have loaded mine with large chunks of broken concrete to pull it across unlevel ground, then 400 ish pounds of lumber for a fence, then the concrete bags for the fence posts.

Another great "hack" is use a black concrete mixing tub to hold all the tools you're using on projects in the yard. Then there is one place to look for what you need - drill / ratchet / wrenches / hammer / hardware. Same idea works for painting - roller pan, can, and the like goes in the tub - spills are contained and it prevents you stepping backwards into the roller pan.

I have kind of thought they couldn't compare to a wheel barrow for years. But now that I have one it is something I will use for just about everything. The wheel barrow is good for moving and dumping soil/compost quickly but that's about it.

 

[onionman]

With gardening tools, a gardenin' must-have is a good-quality pair of shears or a pruner. Next on my list would be a good-sized spade, a hoe, a shovel, and some good garden gloves. Oh, and maybe a trowel or two!

 

[Eeilee]

The tool I always carry around the garden is for sure the garden shears and a bucket.
Lots of other tools I use but I can’t walk around the garden even once without using shears for dead heading , removing yellowing lower leaves etc.

 

[Amateur Gardener]

I use Corona 3911 hedge shears to cut the weeds in the backyard.

 

[pepper]

I just got this new sawzall and love it. I have one with a cord but this one is so easy to carry around, trim and get rid of anything. I can stick it in the ground and cut tree roots like butter. I even cut off a few unwanted metal fence posts in seconds.

 

[Avocado]

I just got this new sawzall and love it. I have one with a cord but this one is so easy to carry around, trim and get rid of anything. I can stick it in the ground and cut tree roots like butter. I even cut off a few unwanted metal fence posts in seconds.

Are you saying you can cut metal t-posts? Or fence posts for chain link? I never used my sawzall for cutting metals, so trying to learn.

 

[pepper]

Are you saying you can cut metal t-posts? Or fence posts for chain link? I never used my sawzall for cutting metals, so trying to learn.

Yes, it would cut all that no problem. That big blade I have on it in the pic is for wood, the blades to cut metal have smaller teeth.