Channel: Charles Dowding

Category: Howto & Style

Tags: garden toolsshovelsdibberno dig toolshow to hoe

Description: You don't need many tools to garden successfully. I suggest what to look for and why these 8 are my favourites. I am not on commission and have no affiliation fee for any except for the dibber which I designed. I just want to show you the most efficient, easy way to use these helpful tools. Music is 'Homeacres' by Jacqui Vincent jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/track/homeacres 00:00 Introduction to using tools in the garden 01:10 A spade - useful for digging out roots, planting trees 01:33 …in comparison to a shovel 01:53 Looking at two shovels - one plastic, one metal - and comparing their respective qualities 04:02 A fork prong / manure fork – I demonstrate how to use when moving compost 05:39 A hoe – when and why you would need to use one 06:48 A look at different types of hoe – I show you my preference and explain why 09:26 A trowel – I explain and demonstrate its two main uses: removing top roots of perennial weeds, and planting (eg potatoes, and pot plants such as kale) 13:30 The benefits of a copper trowel 14:20 A rake – I demonstrate how to use one for levelling the surface of a bed, and how it can be used to disturb weed seedlings 16:10 Different types of rake, and the benefits of using one similar to mine 16:44 A word on keeping tool handles clean! 17:20 One of my favourite tools - a long -handled dibber - and a look at two types 18:50 I demonstrate how to use the dibber to make holes for transplanting 21:13 The smallest tool of all - a folding pocket-knife; I show you my preference, and demonstrate how I sharpen it with a sharpening stone 23:35 A final word on tools, and distributors *see links in description below* UK distributor of my long handled dibber gardenimports.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-long-handled-ash-dibber/?v=79cba1185463 USA & Canada distributor of my long handled dibber allaboutthegarden.com Gorilla plastic shovel buildworld.co.uk/merchant/gorilla-plastic-shovel-yellow-1-piece-indestructible-a3-1148 Copper tools from Implementations implementations.co.uk/shop See this earlier video about Tools and Techniques in my no dig garden youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0LrNBuSi4 And this one on transplanting techniques: youtu.be/JvWSaiMKJx4 Filmed and edited by Alessandro Vitale @spicymoustache at Homeacres 24th March 2022, temperate climate zone 8. Join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join