I had a shovel my mother gave me when I was in my twenties and just starting gardening in my own yard. It cut through everything and was always the shovel I used. This year, (I'm 69) I broke the wood handle digging out a root. I was so upset, I loved that shovel. Sorry, I wanted to share that with people who understand the love for a good tool!
So sorry I've tossed some old tools inherited from my dad. You can't even buy it back, they were super heavy duty they don't make now. Fix it and will last another lifetime. Broken wood handle easy fix.
@@SchleichHorseLover200 I JUST found Erin and am so so so happy. I'm a long-time gardener but very new to the TH-cam garden world and was dismayed when it seemed as though Garden Answer was the only game in town. That channel is gorgeous but it's like leafing through an issue of Martha Stewart or House Beautiful - very pretty (sponsored) tours of her house and garden but unattainable and unrealistic for many gardeners out here. I'm loving Erin, Y Garden and a few others whose names I've forgotten - for videos that are inspirational and instructive and down to earth! PS, Wow, I had no idea there was a Garden Answer Groupie Group! hahahah!!
I have a good many of the tools you have and enjoy using them. The ones that I love the most are German and they are called Wolf Garten. I have used them for abut twenty years now. One of the things I like is that you can purchase different length handles separately. They have wooden ones or Composite ones. Their system is a snap in system which I think is ingenious. I have now hung hooks of different sizes onto trees and posts around the garden. I hang these tools on the hooks and leave them in place throughout the growing season. Makes my job a lot easier because I do not have to walk back up my long slope to get one more tool head. I especially love their hoes. They are stainless steel and well built. Amazon just has knockoffs of these tools. Order from the company directly. I think I own every one of them now. So once you purchase the initial handle, you can then keep purchasing different heads for the same handle. Brilliant! You are absolutely right about the edges being tidy. It really does make a difference. I have the Bacho edging pruners and their grass cutters from AMLeonard. I just love good tools.
@@TheImpatientGardener They are! One nice thing is that I had a tall wooden post put down in the back garden, which is a good ways from the house. This summer I installed hooks onto all sides of this post to hold the handle and then the different attachments like hoes, rakes, etc. That is a winner. Rather than have a shed. On top of the post is a quite large bird house. I liked this so much I used the same idea on a dead tree trunk on top of which I had put a bird house. Now it also has hooks so I can hang these weather proof tools up where they are convent to use. I used to have a house in Asheville, NC and originally bought these tools for that house. I then purchased another home in Winder, Ga and did not want to bring those tools down from Asheville. SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER WHOLE SET OF THE SAME EXACT TOOLS. That is how much I love them. They also make a fantastic hanging system for their tools. I had an architect friend of mine come when I first purchased this house and install this hanging system all around the walls of my garage. It is a dream and will store a ton of tools. Could not do without it. Their long pole tree pruning tool can't be beat. These tools are made in Germany. And I love good German engineering.
I have pruners from the dollar store! I do have better ones, but I misplace them all the time, so buy a bunch and leave them where I think I will find them! I would also like to see a video on sharpening them.
Agreed! Your tools are in immaculate shape which is why you have owned them for so many years. A video on sharpening and cleaning/care would be appreciated.
I have the husky 5 pocket tool pouch on a cheap belt that I keep my pruners in. I keep my pruner, snip, wire cutter, utility knife, pen, and plant ties or twine in mine keeps everything from being lost and I don’t get stabbed by sharp snips.
Wow, A gardener with a sense of humor. Loved being schooled on the different pruning tools and their uses. Loved those edger clippers you showed. I just Liked and Subscribed. Thank you
I know that Felcos are quite beloved by so many people. I tried them and didn’t like them as much as some others but to each their own. I think so much has to do with the way they fit in your hand. But I know they are excellent quality.
Sweet! The Bahco edge shear never seems to get dull cutting dirt along the edges. I am way older than you so I slide mine along a little ways after a snip. I had to break the clip to loosen the bolt that holds them together but now they work with ease! Your Lady spade looks just like a Gardena carbon steel spade I bought thirty years ago, and like you said it fits perfectly, is just the right height and is a pleasure to use. I try to not allow others to use it when they help me do chores. I have a second one that is "in waiting" if I live that long. My advice to you is if you find a perfect garden tool or a piece of clothing that fits you and you love IMMEDIATELY go and get another one as you may never see it again. Thank you for your remarks early on about tool buying. When your young and strong, all you need is a shovel!
I love clean edges on boarders! It does make a huge difference in how the gardens look. I like a half moon step edger for getting clean lines but definitely want to try the edge cutter!
I just got the ARS needle nose pruners a few weeks ago and love them. They fit my hand and are so sharp and lightweight. Great for my arm that had the torn bicep and rotator cuff caused by, you guessed it, my dog. Next will be a spade to use instead of a shovel. Thank you for your great videos!
I share your enthusiasm for garden tools, especially. Dutch and English, however, again like you, over the years a number of them have stayed in the ground, waiting to be found. The tool I tend to use most of all is a Dewit long handle trowel, and swivel handle Felco pruner, which I have used for the last twenty one years.
😆😆you continue to crack me up. The scroll for the head cut off….to be so real and wonderful. Thank you. Great tool list. Going to check out several. That rake just blew my mind…
Just discovered your gardening videos and I love them! You said you liked your ladies sneeboer shovel and I needed one so an early Christmas gift for me. My favorite go to tool when I walk my property is a Fiskars power stroke! This tool is killer, it cuts high or into dense shrubbery so I don’t have to bend, I am 70 and love to garden. The long wand is lightweight for me too. Wish I could attach a photo to this for you but I don’t know how. Again, thanks.
That Niwaki looks like Okatsune you could get here from Amazon, Ebay. I'm going cordless getting rid of the gas ones. It's between Milwaukee and 80V Kobalt. So far a blower, pole saw, hedge trimmer, weed wacker, cordless sprayer, getting an 18" chainsaw this monday. Roll around portable scaffolding for the fruit trees, much safer than a ladder. I like the long trench shovel for digging deep holes for planting trees or fence posts.
I am here to tell you that you don't need fancy tools. I use a shovel and a hand trowel for the most part, but I am going to the hardware store today to pick up one of those garden knives and a spade. This is the second video I've watched that recommend them and making my life easier at this point is a bonus. My garden is huge and I can use all the help I can get.
I am a canadian gardener with decades of experience, the other tools I wouldn't be without are fiskars power gear shears for easy cutting of thicker material like lavender, rosemary softer steel so need more sharpening than the niwaki which i have lee valley version of they now have they with orange metal handles, silky saws are like your garret wade saw in avariety of sizes, a stirrup/hula hoe is great for emerging weeds doesn't move as much soil as a dutch hoe, like you say a sharp tool is the key to easy gardening. was happy to see you lawn edging shears your the only other person I've seen use them. my ergo bahco's are my favorite secauters stay sharper and in adjustment better thaan my felco's . the fiskars pruning stick is also a great long handled pruner
Hi Alice, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Edward , it would be nice getting to know you,if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
Erin, I bought the adjustable rake and I love it! I used it today on acorns from a Red Oak tree that have been accumulating like crazy since August. It didn't bring all the mulch from my bed with the acorns. Thank you for the great advice.
Stihl HS-80 hedge trimmers. I makes short work trimming hedges, like the Holly hedge I have on the front of the house. A little heavy, but it does a good job leveling up and squaring up this hedge. It does not balk at cutting one inch diameter limbs, either. No extension cord to cut into, like I have done all to many times with electric hedge trimmers. Mine crank up in a couple of pulls and run as long as I need them.
I love garden tools. Last year I bought the Niwaki shears for my topiary hedges. Then I bought the longer ones too because my hedge is ten feet tall in some places. I love them. Can’t use the electric ones anymore because they were starting to cause nerve damage in my ear. One of my most favorite tools is a hand cultivator I bought at Kmart over thirty years ago. I watched your sharpening video and bought all the stones and cream ate too. I’ve been looking at those shovels. They’re beautiful.
For me: Felco #2 pruners & AM Leo deluxe soil knife (pink 😁) in the AM Leo double pouch are my daily drivers Bahco harvesting snippers are great for light work Silky folding saws (Gomboy & Super Accel) Bahco loppers - lightweight and cut great (Fiskars power gear loppers for dirty work) Bahco shears Corona nylon pouches fit the folding saws & snips perfectly DeWit push-pull hoe AM Leonard nursery spade WITH the foot pads. Hand rake - "the claw" All-metal spring rake Benchmade folding pocket knife Echo makes pretty nice Kevlar gloves for chainsaw days .... so many good tools. 🥰
Thank you! By the way, the Garrett Wade Folding Pruning Saw is half price today. I needed one so this was perfect timing! Any chance of a video on tool sharpening? How to do it, how frequently to do it, etc.
The best forks and spades are the old ones. The steel and hardness and tempering is far superior to anything new. Those lawn edgers are common in the UK, I remember them right back to my youth.
What both Felco and Bahco have built in their secateurs and long-handled loppers is a tapered anvil tip. This enables much easier cutting in confined spaces.
Have you ever tried using a weed puller called a Weed Hound? You hold it about waist high, step on a plunger that encircles the weed and then you pull it out of the ground. It only really works when the ground is soft, but it is great for weeds like dandelion or plantain.
You are not weird at all for your liking of gardening tools that cause playing in the dirt to be fun and easy. Thanks for passing on your some of your tool likes.
One of my favorite garden implements is a spading fork for breaking up hard earth or loosening soil before hand weeding. I've been looking for a replacement for my fiberglass model after I drove over the handle and shattered it. Any other material makes them too heavy. Plus, I'm short so it has to fit me. I found some tool-mending tape and will see if it's strong enough.
Thank you, I LOVE this video!! You totally have me sold on a ladies spade...I’ve only been using a shovel and my back certainly let’s me know when I’ve dug one too many planting holes! And the Royal Dutch Hoe is going on my Christmas list! And just one more comment: you definitely need merchandise...”My dog ate my pruners” and “Free Fergus” on t-shirts with pics of the pups & kitty would be awesome! Thanks again! 💚🌸
Thanks for sharing the quality brands you know about. I'll check them out. I'm very much in agreement with you that a quality tool makes all the difference in working pleasure, less fatigue and wear on the hands. I have a garden trowel from Gardener's Supply made in Holland that I always reach for because it's made better than the cheap ones, has a comfortable wood handle and has a much better sharp, carbon blade. I should be able to hand this down, too. I suspect that it's not quite the quality of your trowel, but it's still good.
My favorite tool is my husband! Oh I just couldn't help myself! I would have to say my favorite tool would be my hand pruners, just always have them ready to go. Thank you for some wonderful tools I didn't know about, the ladies spade might be a good birthday present for me from my husband. Have a great day......Mary
It's the 27th and I have been checking daily since your last post for a new video. I really enjoy them! Here's hoping all is well with The Impatient Gardener.
Sandra Frederick You are very sweet, Sandra! I’ve had nothing but trouble weatherwise with my limited time for shooting videos (mostly on weekends). But I plan on shooting at least two this weekend, so hopefully you’ll see a new video early next week. Thanks for your patience and concern.
Hi Sandra, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Edward it would be nice getting to know you,if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
To get the seedlings from them plants out of the 72 ct packages, I took the cheap egg flipper cut the flipper's flat flipper off at the cut the flipper's from the handle shaft and hat the cut end then mushroom the shaft like a spoon shape and file the cut end for safety I find this handy to get the young plants to plant
Test Okatsune they use 60-61 Rockwell steel to stay sharp a long time. They are wicked sharp and can be resharpened with a Japanese wet stone they also provide. 60-61 Rockwell is in the realm of the the absolute high end Japanese knifes. The cost about 43 euros here in Europe. And when a company makes specific cutters for three schools of ikebana they are traditional Japanese as they can get.
I almost never use garden gloves, but when I do, I really love the ones by West County. My favorite thing about them is that I can throw them in the washing machine! When they get all mud-crusted, crunchy and hard, I toss them in the washer and they feel all soft and comfy again.
My favorite shovel is a drain spade. I have one that is fully metal now after breaking the wooden handle on my older one. I got it at a yard sale for $2. Best two bucks I've ever spent. I like how narrow it is. It makes it easy to dig new holes in tight spaces.
@@TheImpatientGardener I'm a total tool hoarder myself. I have so many hand trowels, it's a bit ridiculous. But one can never have too many! As it has been said, "Would someone have suggested Rembrandt have too many paint brushes?"
Hi Erin....I just recently started watching you because Laura @ Garden Answer recommended your channel and I've watched her for years. First off, you are hilarious and so down to earth and a joy to watch. Second, I was glad to hear someone else has a thing for tools. I recently bought some hand tools from Fisher Blacksmithing...a guy out of Montana. He hand forges them and they work beautifully but could also be hung on the wall and passed down one day lol. BUT, I was most excited about the spade. I've searched for a wood handled one with the little T ever since I saw Monty Don using one on Gardeners World. My husband will literally kill me....but itll be worth it! Haha! Other than that, my Felco 2 pruners are my fave! Thanks again....I'm enjoying going back and scouring all your videos I can find. PS...MOST gorgeous dogs EVER! 😁
Loved the video lots of great information but its always easier to blame the dogs haha. I like that last tool you showed, the lawn shears for edging. I have to get myself that tool, makes the edges look really neat.
Well like you for many years I used a reg shovel and finally a few years back went to the smaller spade shovel bought mine at big box kobalt brand. I love it. I have clay soil how much easier.
I, like you have my favs. I bought an expensive pointy hand pruner for things like dead heading. I use the but they are the biggest pain. I feel bad as they were so expensive but holy moly they are a bad design. I really need to fix that frustration. So, I'm proof that $$$ isn't always better.
Really helpful. I have watched this video several times and plan to give a few of the items a try. Love all of your videos. I live not far from you in northeast Illinois and all of your tips and advice are very relevant to my situation. My only suggestion is MORE videos!
This was a very informative video. Just what I like. Anyway you could do one on tool cleaning and maintenance particularly blade sharpening? Thank you so.
I always think abt who will have my garden tools when I’m dead. My most beloved tool is a wood handled dandelion tool I got for $1 at an antique store.
Would love to have you explain the difference between bypass pruners and anvil pruners. I have 2 long handle pruners that I hate and now I'm guessing it's probably because they are anvil pruners, but I don't know how to tell.
Bypass work like scissors do. This lets you put the "sharp" or narrower, long tapered wedge side against the stem of what you are cutting. Then after your snip, no little bump or stub of wood remains. Anvil pruners have one blade just like bypass ones do but it cuts against a flat pad, like a knife and a cutting board in the home. They leave a bit behind and squish soft stems at the ends. I am sure the channel creator will give a better answer but....
I should have explained that! Wayne’s done a great job. The way to tell what you have is to look at the blades. Anvil pruners have two blades that meet edge to edge. Bypass pruners have a curbed blade that slides past the other. If that still doesn’t make sense, drop me an email (address in description) and I’ll send you pictures.
Thank you both. So mine are both bypass pruners, so it's probably a case of you get what you pay for. I need to just invest in some good ones. Thanks for great information!
If you like the Niwaki, try Okatsune; Cheaper, they come on small sizes and I think youll find they otherwise have all the things you like about the Niwaki.
We have a neighborhood blog which yesterday featured a cat that (instead of bringing home mice or birds) brings it's owner GARDENING GLOVES. You should have seen the photo of the pile of gloves. At least 30 pairs! I had to laugh out loud!
Oh my word, that is hysterical. Our first Newfoundland was trained to get the newspaper from the end of the driveway. And then suddenly he started bringing like three newspapers. Turns out he was collecting them from the neighbors. Whoops!
I would rather buy garden tools than shoes. My sneakers I have had for the last twenty years I finally threw one pair away. I buy more tools than I should. My husband always misplaces or leaves them outside. So I usually have a few of the same kind .
Very informative. I HATE my hand trowel. I’ve been wondering what to get, so now I know! Thanks so much! Hi sweet doggies. Lol. Omg your cat is adorable. So funny. 😂
I had a shovel my mother gave me when I was in my twenties and just starting gardening in my own yard. It cut through everything and was always the shovel I used. This year, (I'm 69) I broke the wood handle digging out a root. I was so upset, I loved that shovel. Sorry, I wanted to share that with people who understand the love for a good tool!
If you haven't tossed the shovel end, you may be able to replace the wooden handle! I did that with my favorite garden spade.
@@kyrad6543 Oh, thanks! I'll do that. I couldn't bear to throw it away.
I was looking through the Sneeboer site and they have a video on replacing a handle. Check it out at www.sneeboer.com/en/service/tool-repair/
Although late...but I can understand..you start a strong relationship usually with your garden plants and tools..
So sorry I've tossed some old tools inherited from my dad. You can't even buy it back, they were super heavy duty they don't make now. Fix it and will last another lifetime. Broken wood handle easy fix.
Lady! Why do you not have a million subscribers? You should have! Love your videos and humor!
I really like her videos too! Share, share, share. She's just as good as Garden Answer.
@@SchleichHorseLover200 I share her videos on the Garden Answer Groupie FB group
@@SchleichHorseLover200 I JUST found Erin and am so so so happy. I'm a long-time gardener but very new to the TH-cam garden world and was dismayed when it seemed as though Garden Answer was the only game in town. That channel is gorgeous but it's like leafing through an issue of Martha Stewart or House Beautiful - very pretty (sponsored) tours of her house and garden but unattainable and unrealistic for many gardeners out here. I'm loving Erin, Y Garden and a few others whose names I've forgotten - for videos that are inspirational and instructive and down to earth! PS, Wow, I had no idea there was a Garden Answer Groupie Group! hahahah!!
I so agree! I’m shocked you don’t have more viewers and subscribers. Your videos are chock full of great advice and information. I’m a huge fan! 😊
Favorite tool an old steak knife. Also useful, opens bags, digs out tough roots, edges stepping stones. The list goes on and on.
Your video's are so informative and practical..love your delivery with a touch of humour...
Thanks Janice, I’m glad you enjoy them. 😀
I have arthritis in my hands, so a ratcheting pruner is a lifesaver.
I have a good many of the tools you have and enjoy using them. The ones that I love the most are German and they are called Wolf Garten. I have used them for abut twenty years now. One of the things I like is that you can purchase different length handles separately. They have wooden ones or Composite ones. Their system is a snap in system which I think is ingenious. I have now hung hooks of different sizes onto trees and posts around the garden. I hang these tools on the hooks and leave them in place throughout the growing season. Makes my job a lot easier because I do not have to walk back up my long slope to get one more tool head. I especially love their hoes. They are stainless steel and well built. Amazon just has knockoffs of these tools. Order from the company directly. I think I own every one of them now. So once you purchase the initial handle, you can then keep purchasing different heads for the same handle. Brilliant! You are absolutely right about the edges being tidy. It really does make a difference. I have the Bacho edging pruners and their grass cutters from AMLeonard. I just love good tools.
Oh I will definitely check those out. They sound amazing. Thank you!
@@TheImpatientGardener They are! One nice thing is that I had a tall wooden post put down in the back garden, which is a good ways from the house. This summer I installed hooks onto all sides of this post to hold the handle and then the different attachments like hoes, rakes, etc. That is a winner. Rather than have a shed. On top of the post is a quite large bird house. I liked this so much I used the same idea on a dead tree trunk on top of which I had put a bird house. Now it also has hooks so I can hang these weather proof tools up where they are convent to use. I used to have a house in Asheville, NC and originally bought these tools for that house. I then purchased another home in Winder, Ga and did not want to bring those tools down from Asheville. SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER WHOLE SET OF THE SAME EXACT TOOLS. That is how much I love them. They also make a fantastic hanging system for their tools. I had an architect friend of mine come when I first purchased this house and install this hanging system all around the walls of my garage. It is a dream and will store a ton of tools. Could not do without it. Their long pole tree pruning tool can't be beat. These tools are made in Germany. And I love good German engineering.
@@TheImpatientGardener I also have several of the Dutch made tools. They are well designed and the hoes are a dream to use.
I have pruners from the dollar store! I do have better ones, but I misplace them all the time, so buy a bunch and leave them where I think I will find them! I would also like to see a video on sharpening them.
This was very helpful for me. Would you please make a fall or winter video about tool care and sharpening blades? Thanks!!
Agreed! Your tools are in immaculate shape which is why you have owned them for so many years. A video on sharpening and cleaning/care would be appreciated.
I have the husky 5 pocket tool pouch on a cheap belt that I keep my pruners in. I keep my pruner, snip, wire cutter, utility knife, pen, and plant ties or twine in mine keeps everything from being lost and I don’t get stabbed by sharp snips.
Wow, A gardener with a sense of humor. Loved being schooled on the different pruning tools and their uses. Loved those edger clippers you showed. I just Liked and Subscribed. Thank you
after being in the industry for nearly 50 yrs i've had loads of secateurs and felco are the best and only ones you should ever buy
I know that Felcos are quite beloved by so many people. I tried them and didn’t like them as much as some others but to each their own. I think so much has to do with the way they fit in your hand. But I know they are excellent quality.
Sweet!
The Bahco edge shear never seems to get dull cutting dirt along the edges.
I am way older than you so I slide mine along a little ways after a snip.
I had to break the clip to loosen the bolt that holds them together but now they work with ease!
Your Lady spade looks just like a Gardena carbon steel spade I bought thirty years ago, and like you said it fits perfectly, is just the right height and is a pleasure to use.
I try to not allow others to use it when they help me do chores.
I have a second one that is "in waiting" if I live that long.
My advice to you is if you find a perfect garden tool or a piece of clothing that fits you and you love IMMEDIATELY go and get another one as you may never see it again.
Thank you for your remarks early on about tool buying.
When your young and strong, all you need is a shovel!
GREAT video!! I think one of my favorite garden/yard helper is the pop up garden bag. I have two and I use them so much.
0:13 ha, ha, ha!! awesome video, very helpful. thank you!
I love clean edges on boarders! It does make a huge difference in how the gardens look. I like a half moon step edger for getting clean lines but definitely want to try the edge cutter!
I have used this edger from Bacho for years and love the effect.
This may be one of the better review videos I've watched on TH-cam for sheer enjoyableness
I just got the ARS needle nose pruners a few weeks ago and love them. They fit my hand and are so sharp and lightweight. Great for my arm that had the torn bicep and rotator cuff caused by, you guessed it, my dog. Next will be a spade to use instead of a shovel. Thank you for your great videos!
As I’m getting older, my new favorite garden tool is a mattock! Makes lifting perennials sod and shrubs so much easier! ❤
WOW! Just great. I'm a newbie (and 72) so these descriptions and costs are SO helpful. Thank you!
A video using your lawn edger would be appreciated
De Wit and Sneeboer make me proud to be a Dutch gardener
I share your enthusiasm for garden tools, especially. Dutch and English, however, again like you, over the years a number of them have stayed in the ground, waiting to be found. The tool I tend to use most of all is a Dewit long handle trowel, and swivel handle Felco pruner, which I have used for the last twenty one years.
😆😆you continue to crack me up. The scroll for the head cut off….to be so real and wonderful. Thank you. Great tool list. Going to check out several. That rake just blew my mind…
Just discovered your gardening videos and I love them! You said you liked your ladies sneeboer shovel and I needed one so an early Christmas gift for me. My favorite go to tool when I walk my property is a Fiskars power stroke! This tool is killer, it cuts high or into dense shrubbery so I don’t have to bend, I am 70 and love to garden. The long wand is lightweight for me too.
Wish I could attach a photo to this for you but I don’t know how. Again, thanks.
Thank you for that. I'm going to check that out!
Hello Leona.
That Niwaki looks like Okatsune you could get here from Amazon, Ebay. I'm going cordless getting rid of the gas ones. It's between Milwaukee and 80V Kobalt. So far a blower, pole saw, hedge trimmer, weed wacker, cordless sprayer, getting an 18" chainsaw this monday. Roll around portable scaffolding for the fruit trees, much safer than a ladder. I like the long trench shovel for digging deep holes for planting trees or fence posts.
I am here to tell you that you don't need fancy tools. I use a shovel and a hand trowel for the most part, but I am going to the hardware store today to pick up one of those garden knives and a spade. This is the second video I've watched that recommend them and making my life easier at this point is a bonus. My garden is huge and I can use all the help I can get.
I am a canadian gardener with decades of experience, the other tools I wouldn't be without are fiskars power gear shears for easy cutting of thicker material like lavender, rosemary softer steel so need more sharpening than the niwaki which i have lee valley version of they now have they with orange metal handles, silky saws are like your garret wade saw in avariety of sizes, a stirrup/hula hoe is great for emerging weeds doesn't move as much soil as a dutch hoe, like you say a sharp tool is the key to easy gardening. was happy to see you lawn edging shears your the only other person I've seen use them. my ergo bahco's are my favorite secauters stay sharper and in adjustment better thaan my felco's . the fiskars pruning stick is also a great long handled pruner
I’ve been looking at gardening knives lately. Guess I’ll be ordering one later!
Hi Alice, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Edward , it would be nice getting to know you,if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
Erin, I bought the adjustable rake and I love it! I used it today on acorns from a Red Oak tree that have been accumulating like crazy since August. It didn't bring all the mulch from my bed with the acorns. Thank you for the great advice.
YAY! I'm so happy you love it!
Stihl HS-80 hedge trimmers. I makes short work trimming hedges, like the Holly hedge I have on the front of the house. A little heavy, but it does a good job leveling up and squaring up this hedge. It does not balk at cutting one inch diameter limbs, either. No extension cord to cut into, like I have done all to many times with electric hedge trimmers. Mine crank up in a couple of pulls and run as long as I need them.
I love garden tools. Last year I bought the Niwaki shears for my topiary hedges. Then I bought the longer ones too because my hedge is ten feet tall in some places. I love them. Can’t use the electric ones anymore because they were starting to cause nerve damage in my ear. One of my most favorite tools is a hand cultivator I bought at Kmart over thirty years ago. I watched your sharpening video and bought all the stones and cream ate too. I’ve been looking at those shovels. They’re beautiful.
Lol!!!! Too funny, I loved it, blame the dog.
For me:
Felco #2 pruners & AM Leo deluxe soil knife (pink 😁) in the AM Leo double pouch are my daily drivers
Bahco harvesting snippers are great for light work
Silky folding saws (Gomboy & Super Accel)
Bahco loppers - lightweight and cut great
(Fiskars power gear loppers for dirty work)
Bahco shears
Corona nylon pouches fit the folding saws & snips perfectly
DeWit push-pull hoe
AM Leonard nursery spade WITH the foot pads.
Hand rake - "the claw"
All-metal spring rake
Benchmade folding pocket knife
Echo makes pretty nice Kevlar gloves for chainsaw days
.... so many good tools. 🥰
Thank you! By the way, the Garrett Wade Folding Pruning Saw is half price today. I needed one so this was perfect timing! Any chance of a video on tool sharpening? How to do it, how frequently to do it, etc.
Tempting. I already have two folding pruning saws, but this one looked so much better than mine.
i thought i was the only one who wore mismatched gloves! so glad i found your channel!
hahaha, love the reason the top of your head is missing. So funny!! Great video!!!
The best forks and spades are the old ones. The steel and hardness and tempering is far superior to anything new. Those lawn edgers are common in the UK, I remember them right back to my youth.
What both Felco and Bahco have built in their secateurs and long-handled loppers is a tapered anvil tip. This enables much easier cutting in confined spaces.
My favorite tool, my friends Kubota backhoe to dig all my holes for trees and bushes lol, I grow rocks were I live
Consider me very envious!
Im very lucky lol, I do like that Sneeboer going to look into one of those,nice video 👍
Very interesting, I would alsoadd a vote on tool sharpening and winter care.
Have you ever tried using a weed puller called a Weed Hound? You hold it about waist high, step on a plunger that encircles the weed and then you pull it out of the ground. It only really works when the ground is soft, but it is great for weeds like dandelion or plantain.
My Hori Hori knife is my favorite most used tool. I use it to dig holes, dig up weeds, and cut open bags.
This was an interesting video!! Laughing about your disclaimer in the beginning!! Love that you always include the pets!
Excellent and very informative and helpful, thanks.
You are not weird at all for your liking of gardening tools that cause playing in the dirt to be fun and easy. Thanks for passing on your some of your tool likes.
I bought the STIHL lopper and it's great.-Envy your beautiful collection of tools
I LOVE your videos. Your tips are SO helpful!!!!
One of my favorite garden implements is a spading fork for breaking up hard earth or loosening soil before hand weeding.
I've been looking for a replacement for my fiberglass model after I drove over the handle and shattered it. Any other material makes them too heavy. Plus, I'm short so it has to fit me.
I found some tool-mending tape and will see if it's strong enough.
Loved this episode! I'd rather shop for gardening tools and plants than any other shopping :) haha
ME TOO!
the hydrangeas behind you are a true highlight!
Love the shovel, I may have to find one. Thanks!!!!
I was paying serious and intense attention to your tool review, then comes the fur, dogs, the cat and drool! Hahaha - hilarious! 🤣
Silly hand saw are the best I have found hands down
Thank you, I LOVE this video!! You totally have me sold on a ladies spade...I’ve only been using a shovel and my back certainly let’s me know when I’ve dug one too many planting holes! And the Royal Dutch Hoe is going on my Christmas list! And just one more comment: you definitely need merchandise...”My dog ate my pruners” and “Free Fergus” on t-shirts with pics of the pups & kitty would be awesome! Thanks again! 💚🌸
I feel a hashtag coming on: #FreeFergus
Thanks for sharing the quality brands you know about. I'll check them out. I'm very much in agreement with you that a quality tool makes all the difference in working pleasure, less fatigue and wear on the hands. I have a garden trowel from Gardener's Supply made in Holland that I always reach for because it's made better than the cheap ones, has a comfortable wood handle and has a much better sharp, carbon blade. I should be able to hand this down, too. I suspect that it's not quite the quality of your trowel, but it's still good.
I have clippers with puppy chewed handles as well. The adjustable rake is great for getting between bushes.
My favorite tool is my husband! Oh I just couldn't help myself! I would have to say my favorite tool would be my hand pruners, just always have them ready to go. Thank you for some wonderful tools I didn't know about, the ladies spade might be a good birthday present for me from my husband. Have a great day......Mary
Hi Mary.
It's the 27th and I have been checking daily since your last post for a new video. I really enjoy them! Here's hoping all is well with The Impatient Gardener.
Sandra Frederick You are very sweet, Sandra! I’ve had nothing but trouble weatherwise with my limited time for shooting videos (mostly on weekends). But I plan on shooting at least two this weekend, so hopefully you’ll see a new video early next week. Thanks for your patience and concern.
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Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
So helpful! Thanks for your practicality :)
To get the seedlings from them plants out of the 72 ct packages,
I took the cheap egg flipper cut the flipper's flat flipper off at the cut the flipper's from the handle shaft and hat the cut end then mushroom the shaft like a spoon shape and file the cut end for safety
I find this handy to get the young plants to plant
Test Okatsune they use 60-61 Rockwell steel to stay sharp a long time. They are wicked sharp and can be resharpened with a Japanese wet stone they also provide.
60-61 Rockwell is in the realm of the the absolute high end Japanese knifes.
The cost about 43 euros here in Europe.
And when a company makes specific cutters for three schools of ikebana they are traditional Japanese as they can get.
Love your sense of humour! I'm a new fan and look forward to watching all your past videos. Great info. Thank you!
I almost never use garden gloves, but when I do, I really love the ones by West County. My favorite thing about them is that I can throw them in the washing machine! When they get all mud-crusted, crunchy and hard, I toss them in the washer and they feel all soft and comfy again.
My favorite shovel is a drain spade. I have one that is fully metal now after breaking the wooden handle on my older one. I got it at a yard sale for $2. Best two bucks I've ever spent. I like how narrow it is. It makes it easy to dig new holes in tight spaces.
Ooh, I have to look both of those things up! Thank you!
@@TheImpatientGardener I'm a total tool hoarder myself. I have so many hand trowels, it's a bit ridiculous. But one can never have too many! As it has been said, "Would someone have suggested Rembrandt have too many paint brushes?"
Loved the garden tools! My favourite is a Corona Clipper ratcheting bypass pruner.
This is my second video and I am laughing. You're so funny, great job.
I have met your demands pupper, now free Fergus!!! Sooo cute!!!
Hi Erin....I just recently started watching you because Laura @ Garden Answer recommended your channel and I've watched her for years. First off, you are hilarious and so down to earth and a joy to watch. Second, I was glad to hear someone else has a thing for tools. I recently bought some hand tools from Fisher Blacksmithing...a guy out of Montana. He hand forges them and they work beautifully but could also be hung on the wall and passed down one day lol. BUT, I was most excited about the spade. I've searched for a wood handled one with the little T ever since I saw Monty Don using one on Gardeners World. My husband will literally kill me....but itll be worth it! Haha! Other than that, my Felco 2 pruners are my fave! Thanks again....I'm enjoying going back and scouring all your videos I can find. PS...MOST gorgeous dogs EVER! 😁
I'm pretty sure Monty's is a Sneeboer. And if it's good enough for Monty, it's good enough for me. :) Thank you for saying hello!
@@TheImpatientGardener Yup, it's a Sneeboer. Most all his tools are Dutch made.
Loved the video lots of great information but its always easier to blame the dogs haha. I like that last tool you showed, the lawn shears for edging. I have to get myself that tool, makes the edges look really neat.
Well like you for many years I used a reg shovel and finally a few years back went to the smaller spade shovel bought mine at big box kobalt brand. I love it. I have clay soil how much easier.
The difference is amazing isn’t it? I had no idea I was doing it wrong all those years.
I didn’t even know some of those tools existed! 😳. Definitely going to store to get some. Thanks for sharing.
Natural by Necessity
Great tools greetings from sunny uk as a gardener 🙂🍃🍂🍁
as a professional gardener ill recommend to check out silky zübat saw and felco nr 8. those are my most used and go to tools
Great simple and informative - thank you... Love the animals...hate gardening!
Omg! You crack me up, I totally feel I missed everything you said because the top of you head was missing 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love the scrolling message
I, like you have my favs. I bought an expensive pointy hand pruner for things like dead heading. I use the but they are the biggest pain. I feel bad as they were so expensive but holy moly they are a bad design. I really need to fix that frustration. So, I'm proof that $$$ isn't always better.
Really helpful. I have watched this video several times and plan to give a few of the items a try. Love all of your videos. I live not far from you in northeast Illinois and all of your tips and advice are very relevant to my situation. My only suggestion is MORE videos!
This was a very informative video. Just what I like. Anyway you could do one on tool cleaning and maintenance particularly blade sharpening? Thank you so.
Thanks for sharing. 👍 I will check out some of these tools that I don't have already.
Appreciate the Info. Love the pet montage! You could do a whole video on them just for fun.
Frist I known there was a tool amnesty lol I spend on tools more than anything else thanks for your time and consideration 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍👍
Late night shopping is the only way to shop 😂
I always think abt who will have my garden tools when I’m dead. My most beloved tool is a wood handled dandelion tool I got for $1 at an antique store.
Hello Cathy,how are you doing?
Love your style! Right to the point. Thank you.
I enjoy your humor and wit...sharp and PRACTICAL information. I'm also a tool hog. But that adjustable rake got my attention. #ORDERED
So it’s November and I’m buying some of your favorite tools. Ha! Great collection!
I hope you love them!
love the intro...... 🤣🤣🐶🐶
Would love to have you explain the difference between bypass pruners and anvil pruners. I have 2 long handle pruners that I hate and now I'm guessing it's probably because they are anvil pruners, but I don't know how to tell.
Bypass work like scissors do.
This lets you put the "sharp" or narrower, long tapered wedge side against the stem of what you are cutting.
Then after your snip, no little bump or stub of wood remains.
Anvil pruners have one blade just like bypass ones do but it cuts against a flat pad, like a knife and a cutting board in the home.
They leave a bit behind and squish soft stems at the ends.
I am sure the channel creator will give a better answer but....
I should have explained that! Wayne’s done a great job. The way to tell what you have is to look at the blades. Anvil pruners have two blades that meet edge to edge. Bypass pruners have a curbed blade that slides past the other. If that still doesn’t make sense, drop me an email (address in description) and I’ll send you pictures.
Thank you both. So mine are both bypass pruners, so it's probably a case of you get what you pay for. I need to just invest in some good ones. Thanks for great information!
If you like the Niwaki, try Okatsune; Cheaper, they come on small sizes and I think youll find they otherwise have all the things you like about the Niwaki.
Thank you so much for this video!
Sorry...the ending is the best part. Love the drooly dogs even though the video was very informative.
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Get some fluoro paint and paint all your tool handles - you won’t lose them again... it worked for me. Nice video.
We have a neighborhood blog which yesterday featured a cat that (instead of bringing home mice or birds) brings it's owner GARDENING GLOVES. You should have seen the photo of the pile of gloves. At least 30 pairs! I had to laugh out loud!
Oh my word, that is hysterical. Our first Newfoundland was trained to get the newspaper from the end of the driveway. And then suddenly he started bringing like three newspapers. Turns out he was collecting them from the neighbors. Whoops!
Hi,how are you doing?
I would rather buy garden tools than shoes. My sneakers I have had for the last twenty years I finally threw one pair away. I buy more tools than I should. My husband always misplaces or leaves them outside. So I usually have a few of the same kind .
Just happened upon your video. Love it! Very enjoyable and informative. Subscribed.
Thanks so much! I have already ordered several! I blame you! Lol!
Sorry (not sorry) :)
Very useful video, but why is this shovel so expensive? Any special specifications?!!
Good job , i like your taste in tools. But surprised no Felco pruners.
Very informative. I HATE my hand trowel. I’ve been wondering what to get, so now I know! Thanks so much! Hi sweet doggies. Lol. Omg your cat is adorable. So funny. 😂
this video is so on time.. lost all my garden tools in a garage fire last month😞
Oh no, I'm so sorry.
Very informative and practical thank you!!