Gardening Tools used and recommended by Ashland Garden Club Members
Japanese Hori Hori Knife: For weeding, digging, cutting roots, dividing perennials, removing plants from pots. Unbelievably versatile!
Nejiri Gama Garden Hoe (Japanese garden hand tool): Narrow end pushes deep into the soil helps with weeding, planting seedlings, aerating the soil, making seed trenches, and breaking up clods & soil.
Hand Plow Ho-Mi Digger (short-handled): A Korean tool that’s an all-around hand-digging tool, useful for planting, weeding, rock-removal and finding irrigation lines.
Kneelon Knee Pads – Flexible, Waterproof, durable, machine washable.
Sheep Shearing Tool: Large long blades are useful for clipping & trimming small shrubs .
Garden Bucket Caddy: Slips into a plastic bucket and holds garden tools.
Long Handle Spading Fork (48″ Handle): Dividing perennials, digging out trees, shrubs & perennials – Easier on the back when using long handle as leverage.
Flexible Buckets: Great for hauling weeds, plants, hand tools around the garden.
Felco Pruners, 2 sizes: Pruning, quality pruner, replaceable blades & parts, easy to sharpen. Right or Left handed offered.
Felco Pruner 7: Ergonomic heavy duty pruner with spinning handle – great for arthritic thumb joint issues.
Florian Ratchet Pruner: Ratchet-cut mechanism increases hand strength, prunes branches up to ¾ Inches in diameter, has a Lifetime Warranty. Right or Left handed offered.
CircleHoe – For weeding & cultivating close to plants.
Hoop Hoe, Stirrup Hoe, Action Hoe – All Similar hoes for weeding around plants.
Winged Weeder, Scuffle Hoe, Triangle Hoe: For weeding, cultivating, edging, aerating and making furrows.
Balling Spade: Ideal for cutting deep and slicing through roots.
Potlifter: Lifts 200 lb – Saves your back when lift pots or rocks.
Pro Potlifter lifts 350 lbs
Leaf Luster Digital Soil Thermometer: to measure Soil temperature for germination and transplanting.
Leaf Luster Soil Tester: Contains tests for ph, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels.
Rapitest PH Meter: Easily checks the pH level of your garden soil and potted plants.
Mico-tip Pruners, aka Floral Pruners: For deadheading & pruning smaller plants & flowers. Fiskar Softough Mico-Tip Pruners: Recommended by Arthritis Foundation – Easy-to-use for people with arthritis or limited hand strength.
Roto Digger Auger: For planting bulbs, bedding plants, seedlings, deep water aeration, fertilizing trees & shrubs.
Corona AC 8300 Sharpening Tool: 5-Inch super carbide file for sharpening straight edge tools.
Fiskars Softouch Weeder (7060) – Ergonomic weeder with forked tip cuts deep to remove weeds by the root.
Yard Butler RKT-1000 Rocket Weeder or Grandpa’s Weeder: Pull weeds from the roots, organic weed control, ergonomic handle, ejector button pops off the weed-keeping your hands clean.
Leaf Rake with longer “York-style” bent tines: Good for scooping leaves, great for cleaning leaves out of ponds.
Tru Temper Narrow Garden Fork D-handle: For digging and mulching.
Tru Temper Miniature Shovel: [Size 27 x 6 x 8.5 inches] For planting bulbs and weeding.
Leaf Scoops: Multi-purpose hand-held leaf scoops.
Corona Clipper Folding Pruning Saw: Sturdy, easy to use, easy to store. Lifetime warranty.