But there's an important, everyday task you may be neglecting: maintaining your garden tools. Garden tools -- whether hand tools like trowels and shovels, bladed gear like pruners and saws or other ...

But they, like all your garden tools, need care to work their best. Keeping your loppers sharp and clean ensures they cut easily and don't expose your plants to any diseases or unnecessary injuries.

When buying tools it pays to be frugal and only buy what you need. If you have a large garden with lots of trees, then a pair of long-handled loppers is a worthwhile investment, but if you haven ...

Both literally and figuratively, gardeners often have their hands at the end of the gardening season when it is the best time ...