Garden Tools & Gear

Twine and plant ties are the quiet workhorses of every vegetable garden: they hold up tomatoes, train cucumbers, bundle herbs…

The nozzle is the part of your watering setup you touch every single day, yet most gardeners buy the first…

A garden hose is the one tool almost everyone buys last and regrets first. Kinks that cut water flow mid-window-box,…

Hoeing is the fastest way to kill weeds before they become a problem — slice them off just below the…

Clay soil is the ultimate test of digging tools. A cheap shovel with a thin blade bounces off hard clay,…

Thorny work — roses, blackberries, barberry, and the endless weeding of thistle — is where cheap garden gloves fail. A…

If you buy only two garden tools, a good pair of hand pruners should be one of them. The question…

Most new gardeners buy too many tools, and most experienced gardeners admit they reach for the same handful every time….

Few garden purchases are as frustrating as a tomato cage that flops in the first storm. The classic wire cone…

Every vining crop — cucumbers, beans, peas, squash, and indeterminate tomatoes — grows better, breathes better, and yields more when…