Maintain your garden tools regularly to ensure they remain effective throughout the gardening season. Shovels, axes, lawn mower blades and pruning tools all require cleaning and sharpening to perform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clean and disinfect tools after use to prevent spreading diseases between plants. Store tools properly to avoid rust, warping, and ...

Whether you use your green thumb to plumb the depths of maintaining a nice flower garden, a decorative bonsai tree, or an ornamental shrub in the shape of an elephant balancing on a walking globe, ...

A few high-quality, well-maintained tools are all a gardener needs. A garden spade, used for cutting soil and roots, should be sharpened on the inside of the blade. Bypass pruning shears are versatile ...

Alena Joling explains how to take care of your bladed garden tools. Alena Joling, owner of Moleta: Artisanal Sharpening, explains how to take care of your bladed garden tools in order to maximize ...

At the Virginia Home Grown studio Peggy Singlemann demonstrates proper tool sharpening techniques with Serome Hamlin while discussing the benefits of using properly maintained garden tools. Featured ...

Every gardener with a green thumb knows that having the proper tools in the best condition will contribute to a beautiful garden. Whether it is a shovel for digging holes for planting, pruning shears, ...