On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we have a discussion about garden tools and gadgets. Learn about what we should be doing to get our tools ready for use this spring, some of our favorite garden tools, and more!

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00:25 – Welcome, Ken, and what have we been up to in the garden?

02:15 – Don’t put your tomatoes out yet!

03:10 – Gardening needs patience

04:10 – What should we do to get our tools ready for the gardening season?

07:58 – Anything we should be doing for tools with small engines like lawnmowers?

11:10 – Sharpening lawnmower blades

12:45 – Make sure you put your tools away

14:40 – Some of our favorite tools

15:00 – hori-hori

17:50 – hand pruners

21:50 – knives

22:50 – folding saw and reciprocating saw

24:25 – weeding and cultivating in the garden

25:00 – stirrup/scuffle hoe

26:10 – collinear hoe

27:04 – keeping up with weeding

30:15 – Rotary cultivator and hoes

32:05 – wire weeder

33:35 – What are the bare minimum tools you need for a garden?

36:25 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

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