Take Good Care of Your Gardening Tools

Proper care for your gardening tools is extremely essential. Here are a few, simple tips that will prolong your tools’ life.

1. Don’t put them away covered in soil or wet. All gardening tools should be cleansed after use and dried with a rag.
2. Apply vegetable oil to steel tools to minimize rusting.
3. Sharpen axes, hoes, shovels and anything else that needs to be sharpened at least once a season.
4. Store the tools properly, in an organized manner. Instead of tossing them on the garage floor, hang them on a wall or place the smaller ones in a big bucket.
5. When the season is over, coat all your tools in oil before storing them.

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