Maintain your garden tools regularly to ensure they remain effective throughout the gardening season. Shovels, axes, lawn mower blades and pruning tools all require cleaning and sharpening to perform ...

A few high-quality tools, well maintained, can last any gardener a lifetime. Here's what to know about caring for and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most lawn care DIYers have a string trimmer or brush cutter, or both. One of the main differences between string trimmers and brush cutters is ...

Fall is a great time to take stock of your gardening and other bladed tools, and get them in pristine shape before they're put away for the season. Sharpening tools like shovels, hoes, pruning shears, ...

The next step is attending to the blades on hand tools like pruners and loppers. I like to keep mine clean throughout the growing season by wiping them down with cleaning wipes and occasionally hosing ...

Sharpening tools is an important gardening task that can be completed indoors. If your tools are sharp, your plants will benefit, said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in ...

"Man is a tool-using animal . . . without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all," wrote Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle. Mowing, planting, pruning, raking, spraying, spreading and transplanting ...

It's February, and you may be itching to get out in the garden. But you know it's too soon to plant a lot of the things you're thinking of. What to do? Spend some time getting ready for spring by ...