'My Favorite Garden Tools'

The right tool can make a big difference in gardening tasks. Choosing the wrong tool can make the task harder or damage your plants. See and learn about Doug's favorite gardening tools. Knowing which tools to use and when to use them will make your gardening tasks easier and more successful.

Presented by Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager, on January 19, 2022

This program was originally presented live and recorded using a video conferencing service.

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Nice trunk on that big privet. Still some good roots on it. Bonsai tree comes to mind for you to make.

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Not a salesman. Just 73 years old and know what tools are good for me. That is why I was recommending these tools for you to give a try in your video.

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Try the small ratcheting pruner for small hands. Helps you cut easily without forcing a cut. I like the Ironwood brand. Hope it will help your hands.

[TheBarefootedGardener]

Bamboo is best dug out with a spade and maybe you could start pulling the cut rhizome with the weed wrench, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to pull shallow bamboo rhizome, again, if you do it 2x / season, that’s all it requires. But in zone 7b can grow subtropical clumping bamboo…

Great list of tools and nice surprise appearance with Brie and her kids.

What kind of sick person would dig out native Palmetto? Also, they grow so slowly that you’d have to neglect your garden for YEARS!