The Essential List of Market Garden Tools

Looking at getting into market gardening and wondering where to spend money and where not to? This is that video.

This video answers questions like, what tools do I need to farm, what are the essential market garden tools, what tools should I invest in, good farm investments, should I buy the jang first, gardening tools for beginners and more.

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[RayinGeorgia]

I put a mailbox on a post in my garden! I keep small hand tools like a trowel, pruners, folding saw, knife, gloves, a small first aid kit, garden ties, cordage, an electric fence tester, stuff that I often have to run back to the house to retrieve. It's a cheap, waterproof storage box.

[je-fqve]

get a harvest cart that fits your bed system. a 30" bed needs a 36" or 40" wide cart. A cordless angle grinder can put a nice edge on shovels or other cutting edge tools. Wheelbarrows can be modified to carry stack-able trays/firewood. get the same brand/model of wheelbarrows. As they break/rot they become parts donners to keep the other wheelbarrows running. Make a bolt pattern of your wheelbarrow handles so you can makes as many handles as you need. short strokes with the diamond file is incorrect but fine for a regular file. Try a circular motion on the diamond file, continuously keeping it at the correct angle.

[wocookie]

Funny I like the tool reality at the beginning. My grandfather taught me me, it’s not the tool you’re using, it’s the tool using it. He applied that to everything from building a garage to castrating a cow.

[Bateluer]

Getting a broadfork was one of the best tool purchases I've ever made for my backyard garden.

[johnjude]

Jesse
I'm 71 and garden last summer planted my 60 x60 ft garden after surgery on 4 herines surgery.
I built a tiny post hole digger only 2.5 inch diameter and I dug tiny holes for planting my seedlings tomatoes and peppers something that was of great help making my planting holes just little oversized for easy planting.
Your neighborhood handyman or BlackSmith can help.

[conniewojahn]

"Trowel on a stick." Yeah, that's nice. I got one at an estate sale. Some inventive person, who was probably frustrated by shovels, made one. He/she cut off the end of a hollow handled trowel, carved down one end of a rake handle to fit, and crammed the two together. Works great.

[jamesrichey]

I love my tools. I've had some of them so long they're just a part of my gardening life.

[wraith]

So the trowel with a shovel handle is called a trenching shovel. It's the single most useful thing I have ever bought for my garden by a large margin. Learned about it from another channel (Jim Putnam).

[Rwargrumble]

I would love just a video on the earthway, tips and tricks on technique. Whatever advice you can give, modifications to it, anything like that. I really like mine! But I do tend to have issues with things like smaller seeds getting crunched or smashed etc. feels like the plate doesn’t go back far enough sometimes to stop seeds catching behind it. Stuff like that, loved this video by the way!

[wagonwheelfarm]

The T-Post puller is the best invention ever! You can buy them at any farm store too! My son and I pulled 100 T-Post in less than an hour.

[DefiantDEFI]

I really appreciate all the content you put out. its instilling a lot of confidence in me to keep building my garden. My mission is to teach others what i learn along my journey to show an example that you don't need a whole 500 pg book of knowledge to start. I've learned you'll learn something new every season and try new techniques through your whole life of growing food.

[alexedgeworth]

Man, I love your videos and the info you provide. My favorite to watch on no till farming

[TheVigilantStewards]

hahaha that pitch with the pitch fork at the end took it all the way back to the beginning of the list lol

[shirleylangton]

Besides all the farming info you give, I love the music, and your sense of humour Jesse!😸😸

[lambsquartersfarm]

Rubbermaid big wheel commercial cart is awesome for hauling and can double as a harvest cart. Been abusing it for 3 years, very tough.

[scottbaruth]

I love a small ATV with a garden trailer attached. It's got your water, radio, seeder, 5 gallon bucket with small tools, and harvest bucket all on board ready to go. The ATV rack carries your t-posts, t'post puller, or rebar. I set 5 gallon buckets up and pre-built for special purposes like planting, so if you have your bucket you have your string, stakes, tape measure, and hammer. Weeding bucket would have your sharpener, putty knife for cleaning dirt off.... helps on mornings where you didn't get enough coffee yet.

[MikeDolanFliss]

Definitely interested in that BCS video down the road!

[doncook]

Always great content great camera work great delivery the bestus wit and humor. So far I’m keeping my ark. Been insane spring. Home gardener Eastern Nebraska zone 5B we are over 11 inches for May. Least had earlier ER warmup compared to last several. 😅

[richardmason]

The trowel you are looking for is a trapper`s trowel or check metal detectorist tools. They both have their own versions of long handle trowels.

[gangofgreenhorns]

3:45 I did a ton of transplanting with just a broom handle last year, wanting the exact same shovel you described here lol. Also just used a drill with a paddle bit quite a bit. Both worked great.