This is my best piece of garden kit my cat called Chester. I posted about him breaking a branch on a plum tree and flattening all my plants chasing the bees and he was a pain in the arse, 2 days later he got hit by a car and lost his leg. He can flatten and dig up whatever he decides to do from now on because you don't realise how much something means to you when something bad happens. This time next week when he's aloud out he'll sit in my cosmos seedlings no doubt. Not strictly kit but he's always out there with me
What a thought-provoking question. I have accumulated a lot more kit since I've had a garage in which to stow it.
If I was on a desert island trying to keep starvation at bay, I think a sturdy hand trowel would be more use than anything else. I could weed with it, dig, break up ground, hoe, harvest edible roots, and bury my poo. I could sharpen an edge and use it to cut things and defend myself against the big bad wolf. Bigger tools do the same thing quicker, but time is the one thing I wouldn't be short of.
My favourite tool is the best one I have for the job in hand and that varies from day to day for sowing, pricking out, taking cuttings, making divisions, dead-heading, weeding, digging new borders or planting holes.
I expect the indispendable one is the under-gardener who can do the heavy lifting and the boring jobs such as grass cutting and branch chomping.
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My two-tined weeding fork. Having just two tines it's easier to get into the soil than a bigger fork and it loosens the soil to remove weeds without disturbing surrounding plants too much. That said, I cannot imagine living without a spade!
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If I was on a desert island trying to keep starvation at bay, I think a sturdy hand trowel would be more use than anything else. I could weed with it, dig, break up ground, hoe, harvest edible roots, and bury my poo. I could sharpen an edge and use it to cut things and defend myself against the big bad wolf. Bigger tools do the same thing quicker, but time is the one thing I wouldn't be short of.
I expect the indispendable one is the under-gardener who can do the heavy lifting and the boring jobs such as grass cutting and branch chomping.