baker’s dozen

With 40+ years of gardening under my belt, many gardening tools have come and gone around here. Or not gone; they may still be sitting in a dark corner of my garage. Some of those tools, while hardly essential, I’ve consciously kept because they are useful every once in a while, perhaps every few years. A pickaxe, for example. If I didn’t happen to own one, I could borrow one when needed.

Then there are those tools that get constant use, tools that it would be very hard to do without on an almost daily basis. What follows is my baker’s dozen of essential tools. True, each gardener might tweak such a list to suit his or her specific situation or need, but give each of these tools consideration. You might decide to add or subtract from your own list.

From the Ground Up

Good gardens begin at ground level. I pay close attention to my soil and a few of this Baker’s Dozen list relate to the soil.

It’s been 35 years since I purchased a garden cart, essentially a sturdy, 3-sided wooden box that rolls on Read more