Planning Your Garden?

Planning this spring’s garden can be fun activity and it can be a bit overwhelming.  Those garden supply and seed catalogs have been filling your mailbox and every year the gorgeous pictures in these catalogs give us an idea of what gardens and vegetables look like in the perfect world…you know, that world that has set designers, lighting consultants, make-up artists and I’m guessing someone whose job it is to shine the vegetables or airbrush a little more color on the flowers.

Well, that’s not my gardening world and I’m guessing it’s not yours.  What’s in our gardening planning are all those tough jobs that go into making our gardens more beautiful or veggie gardens better producing.

You know what I’m talking about… what do I want to plant this year , does my soil need more amendments, what can I plant this year that requires less water,  does this new planting area get enough sun, how will I deal with pests or disease, oh, and what about those weeds.  These and hundreds of others are on our mind when we’re planning this year’s garden, but there is probably one thing you haven’t thought about…your garden tools.

I’m sure that at the end of the season last year you took inventory of your garden tools. While you were cleaning, sharpening and oiling your tools for their time off in the shed, you might have thought of a few tools that might make your gardening more enjoyable, but probably not.  Well, now’s the time to start thinking about what garden tools you might need to replace or a new garden tool that will make your gardening easier.

Now I’m not saying that we all need every different garden tool out there, because we gardeners seem to find all kinds of uses for a single garden tool, but in your garden planning, is there a garden tool that will make your job easier, more enjoyable and less tiresome?

If you are buying new garden tools this year, purchase the best quality garden tools you can afford. It’s just counterproductive to buy cheap tools. You’ll be rewarded with a garden tool that not only lasts longer, but a tool that works harder and won’t end up in the landfill.

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