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 The best gardening tools that most gardeners do not notice



While gardening can be a little easier, having the right tools for the job can make all the difference in the world. But what are the best gardening tools?


You know that every trip you take to the garden with you is repetitive.

Sometimes the best tool is as simple as recreating something you already have. Or it gets a chance at a hand tool you see on a seed chart year after year, and after using it, you wonder how you can garden for so long without it. (They are my favorites.)


In its simplest form, horticulture is nothing more than putting a seed in the ground and watching it grow. If you've ever tried a garden, you know that there is nothing simpler about it. Bad weather, pests, plant diseases, soil deficiencies, and working schedules all combine to make the average growing season challenging.


Having the tools to help guide each of these issues will go a long way to a successful harvest.

Often, if you find these types of lists on the internet, they will be filled with fun gadgets that impose someone's revenue associated with Amazon. And just like kitchen gadgets, many of these tools end up wasting huge amounts of money.


You can look at this list and find tools that you have passed through in garden centers over the years.

Often, we overlook simple tools. I hope even an experienced gardener will find something to go through your growing season smoothly.


1. Proper gloves


It sounds painful, but listen to what I have to say.


I'm a great advocate for getting your hands dirty. As a community, we are frantically clean. Laying your hands on the earth exposes you to all kinds of microbes and creatures. This is not only a boon to your immune system but also a great way to feel more attached to the task at hand - playing in the dirt.


2. A 5-gallon bucket or two


Yes, a normal old five-gallon bucket is one of the best gardening tools. You already have something that you can use well. The five-gallon bucket is the gardener's best friend.



Use a 5-gallon bucket:

Store all of your hand tools and gloves.

When you weed, flip it over and use it as a stool.

Use your bucket to move the weeds to the compost pile or to produce at home.

Fill the bucket with water and use a cup to pour the water where needed to the base of the plants.

Grow potatoes in your bucket or other fruits and vegetables.


3. Kneeling Pad or Knee Pads


I resisted a special tool to kneel for a long time while I was working in the garden. This is always one of the things I need when I get older, and applying some kind of padding to my knees is like admitting failure.


Which is nonsense.


4. Warm seed mat


For the gardener who wants to start them, instead of buying seedlings from the nursery, germination will throw the dice. Will it germinate or not?


If you live in a cold climate, even starting the seeds indoors will not provide you with the temperature needed to ensure successful germination.


Seeds that require warm soil temperature and take two weeks to germinate are plentiful. Pepper is a good example. If two weeks have passed and you find that nothing has sprouted, you should start all over again and now you are very close to the growing season.


5. A garden planner



I know some experienced gardeners who do not have a garden magazine or an annual garden planner. During the growing season, it is easy to remember which plants worked well, which pests you fought against and which side of the garden you planted the beans on.

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