How to clean garden tools

Don't let laziness lead to rusty blades and sticky pruners. Learn how to clean your garden tools quickly (and sharpen them automatically) by setting up a simple tool cleaning station in your yard. All you need are a bucket of sand and a bottle of oil to do most of the work for you.

Has a garden gnome or two taken shelter for the winter near your hand tools? Do you hear snarky comments when you pass by, like “Ha! You don’t take care of your tools! Look at that lopper! Look at that soil knife!” Well relief is at hand! You ca

How to remove rust from small garden tools using an acid bath. Keep your hand tools in great shape by keeping them rust free! How to care for garden tools after cleaning them.

The pruning shears that you use in the garden can get dirty really quickly from all kinds of horticultural gunk building up on them. Read on to find out how to clean pruning shears so you can keep yours in tip-top shape!

I admit it, I sometimes often leave my garden tools outside. I’m not proud of it. I know I should clean them and put them away. When I’m out working in the yard, I usually keep going un…

Learn from my mistakes – always, always survey your working area before packing it in for the day. Or else…this will happen: Yup, gardening tools left outside to weather the elements will soon look like

Learn some quick and easy ways you can use to disinfect and sterilize your gardening tools. Whether you use rubbing alcohol, 10% bleach, or a commercial cleaning agent, disinfecting gardening tools is a must-do for any orchid grower. #Orchids #OrchidCare

Tell me if this has ever happened to you, my friend. Spring rolls around, and you’re ready to get out in the garden and start the season properly. Only you can’t seem to find your

It's easy to overlook cleaning and maintaining your garden tools at year's end, but it's a bad idea. Here's how to ready your tools for winter storage.

Learn how to keep seed packets organized, sharpen tools effortlessly, keep pests out of your garden, and more in this list of 13 highly useful gardening hacks.