How to maintain and protect your gardening tools

If tools were exposed to diseased plants or pest-infected soil, give them a quick soak in a diluted solution of 2 cups household bleach mixed with 1 gallon of ...

Garden Tool Care Guide and Maintenance Tips - ECOgardener

Make a bleach solution to disinfect your garden tools by mixing one part of 10% bleach with nine parts of water. Soak the garden tools again in ...

How to maintain and protect your gardening tools: a guide for ...

Just give your tools a quick wipe down with disinfectant. For the rest of us, grab a hose, a wire brush, a putty knife and some steel wool.

How to maintain and care for your gardening tools

How to maintain and care for your gardening tools · Always remove all of the soil from your digging tools after each use. · Never put your tools away wet. · After ...

6 Simple Tips for Maintaining Your Gardening Tools

Here are six simple tips for maintaining your gardening tools this season: · 1. Make a habit of cleaning your tools after each use. · 2. Store your tools in a dry ...

Maintaining Garden Tools - The Martha Stewart Blog

My gardeners and outdoor grounds crew clean, sharpen, and condition their pruners, snips, and shears every few days. The process only takes a few minutes.

Care and Maintenance of Garden Tools - OSU Extension Service

Proper cleaning and care described below will keep them in good working condition and extend their life. Storage. Store tools in a clean, dry place. Tools can ...

Garden Tool Care and Maintenance

Clean - Round up all your tools, a bucket of warm water and a wire or stiff bristle brush. · Sand - Once your garden tools are dry, it's a good time to sand any ...

How to clean & maintain your garden tools - YouTube

Most garden tools will last a lifetime if you clean and maintain them properly. Here Dan of Dan Cooper Garden shows how to clean, ...

Garden Tool Maintenance You Shouldn't Skip

Clean tools last longer ... After every use, wash soil and grime from tools with a steady spray of water from the garden hose. If nothing else, tools should be ...

How to Clean and Care for Your Gardening Tools - Bob Vila

Cleaning Garden Tools · Start by scrubbing your tools with a wire brush. This is the fastest and best way to get the dirt off. · Next, dip the ...

Care and Maintenance of Garden Tools - The Celtic Farm

The best way to keep rust at bay is proper storage and a daily cleaning. If rust prevails, get out some steel wool and start scrubbing. The rust ...

Garden Tool Care - San Diego Master Gardeners

Scrub the tool to remove debris from the tool with soap, water and a gentle scrubbing pad. A foaming bathroom cleaner is also effective. Tools accumulate sap ...

Garden Tool Maintenance in 3 Easy Steps! - Anne of All Trades

A simple tip I picked up from Garden Design is to keep a bucket of sand mixed with boiled linseed oil (the sand should be damp, but not wet) and ...

How to Maintain Garden Tools

Finally, for long-term storage, it's best to keep the tools in a dry, well-ventilated space, such as a garden shed or garage, to prevent rust ...

Maintaining Lawn and Garden Tools - Wisconsin Horticulture

Typically, garden tools should be sharpened so that their cutting edges are kept at their original angle. If you make an edge too blunt, a blade ...

How to Maintain and Protect Your Gardening Tools - DripWorks

From drip irrigation to landscaping essentials, we've got the products that complement your newly acquired tool-maintenance skills.

Garden Tool Maintenance And Cleaning - American Meadows

Place a wire brush next to your hose to scrub off any dirt or debris that doesn't simply come off with water. If you've been working with a diseased plant, make ...

The perfect way to store your tools (and an OK way that works too)

The key is to match the angle of the blade, and use a lubricating oil like 3-IN-ONE® Multi-Purpose Oil. For larger blades I like to use a ...

5 simple garden tool-care tips

Easiest of all, maybe: Simply rinse soil off digging tools after each use, by making a pit stop at the garden hose. Dry thoroughly. A stiff ...