Cleaning of all sorts: tools, pots, self???? is vastly overrated
I delivered to a farm house yesterday, driving through 6" of farm slurry, which , on balance, didn't smell as bad as the inside of the house when she opened the door. Green Boke Emoji required.
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Too much time on hands, that would be nice, busy all year round really although try to take it a bit easier in the winter, never cleaned a pot, tray or tools in my life. I do run the secateurs blades through a grindstone and spray the springs with WD40. I have too, I often use them to dig a hole to plant a bulb back in,
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I have to keep my tools in the greenhouse at the moment so I like to keep all wooden parts well oiled to stop them drying out and cracking. I like the stainless steel and wood tools though so the steel doesn't get more than a quick rinse under the water butt tap when they're muddy. We also have heavy clay here so it sticks to everything and bakes solid when it dries if you don't.
I keep my felcos sharp and oiled because they're worth looking after.
Sometimes I even sharpen my spades Like Hosta said though it's all a matter of having time to do it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Blades (secateurs, snips, loppers, knife etc) get sharpened about every 3rd use and, at the same time, I wipe them over with an oily rag (3-in-1 from a lovely oil can which is older than me). Springs and moving parts get oiled 2 or 3 times a year. Have never sharpened a spade or fork i my life - and only clean them if they are completely clagged up with sticky soil (heavy clay). Don't wash plant pots and trays - a quick bang and a good blow to dislodge dry compost and spiders' webs are all they get.
I do, however, tidy and clean the potting shed a couple of times per season. Far more satisfying than cleaning in the house for some reason...
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
My new spade is stainless steel and very easy to clean, although I don't do it very often. Secateurs get sharpened and oiled very occasionally when I feel in the mood (or guilty). I did take all the bladed tools to the "knife man" at the GC last year who did a far better job than I do.
My spade and fork get cleaned of muck after every use and put back into the garage. Trowels ditto. Secateurs get oiled every so often and the blades cleaned. Every tool is put away under cover after use - nothing left out in the garden. If I feel really lazy I leave my tools in the greenhouse rather than walk to the garage. Apart from secateurs, I have had the same lot of gardening tools all my gardening life - nigh on 40 years and they have all been well used in various gardens which I have built from scratch. Pots and seed trays I wash occasionally.
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
I clean my tool's most times wash off and use oil rag on metal and wood and always keep them all sharp. Some times after a long day in the garden it's nice to sit down for a while polish your tool and admire your handy work.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
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Too much time on hands, that would be nice, busy all year round really although try to take it a bit easier in the winter, never cleaned a pot, tray or tools in my life.
I do run the secateurs blades through a grindstone and spray the springs with WD40. I have too, I often use them to dig a hole to plant a bulb back in,
Springs and moving parts get oiled 2 or 3 times a year.
Have never sharpened a spade or fork i my life - and only clean them if they are completely clagged up with sticky soil (heavy clay).
Don't wash plant pots and trays - a quick bang and a good blow to dislodge dry compost and spiders' webs are all they get.
I do, however, tidy and clean the potting shed a couple of times per season. Far more satisfying than cleaning in the house for some reason...
I did take all the bladed tools to the "knife man" at the GC last year who did a far better job than I do.
Pots and seed trays I wash occasionally.
Some times after a long day in the garden it's nice to sit down for a while polish your tool and admire your handy work.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
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