garden tools - Fine Gardening

  • walk-behind gas-powered edger
    How-To

    The 6 Best Edging Tools for the Garden

    As the growing season begins, crisp, well-defined garden edges can make all the difference in giving your landscape a polished, professional look. Whether you're tidying up lawn borders, reshaping garden…

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    Gardening Buyer’s Guide 2025

    I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get outside and get my hands into the warm dirt. Gardening season can't come soon enough this year. In the meantime,…

  • garden hose carts
    How-To

    Tips for Upcycling Garden Trash into Useful Tools

    Winning tip: Another life for old hose carts I had two rusted-out hose carts. I disassembled them and realized they could be repurposed. After I painted them with Rustoleum, I zip-tied…

  • Bessey MultiSnip cutters
    Design

    Time-Saving Garden Gadgets

    Plant dozens of annuals in a snap with this drill and auger combo Tested by Marti Neely When planting en masse, I need more power than my favorite trowel or…

  • new gardening tools
    How-To

    Novel Garden Tools to Get Excited About This Year

    For at least 12,000 years, humans have been clearing brush, digging dirt, planting plants, cultivating, weeding, growing, and harvesting—in a word, gardening! And for almost as long, these same humans…

  • Corona extendable DualLINK bypass loppers
    How-To

    Essential Garden Tools for Spring

    Prune effortlessly with these adjustable loppers A good pair of loppers can make spring pruning a breeze. However, most loppers seem to make even a strong person feel pathetically weak…

  • soil blockers for seed starting
    How-To

    4 Must-Have Tools for Seed Starting

    Tested by Niki Jabbour, the award-winning author of Growing Under Cover and The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, who lives and gardens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn more about the how's, why's,…

  • using hedge shears on ornamental grass
    How-To

    Battery-Powered Pruning Tools for Jobs Big and Small

    These hedge shears work for a variety of chores  Tested by Jason Reeves Using battery-powered hedge shears is a game changer. I love my Black and Decker 22-inch cordless hedge…

  • serrated garden trowel
    How-To

    3 Dependable Garden Trowels That Get the Job Done

    This three-pointed trowel doubles as a garden fork Tested by Marti Neely, FAPLD A tough trowel is a valued friend for every gardener. I was delighted to discover the DeWit…

  • new veggie garden tools
    How-To

    New Veggie Garden Tools for 2023

    With these transplant tongs, you’ll never damage your seedlings again How many times have you tried to ease your seedlings out of their tray only to shear off some of…