Most gardeners own dozens of tools—but if we're honest, there are only a handful we reach for over and over again. Hanna and Sarah empty out their garden tool bags to share the tools they actually use every week. From classic favorites like trowels and pruners to surprising specialty tools, you'll hear what makes each one indispensable.
Plants Mentioned
- Agastache 'Blue Fortune' — Blue Fortune giant hyssop
- Asclepias spp. — Milkweed
- Eryngium yuccifolium — Rattlesnake master
- Mentha spp. — Mint (mentioned as kitchen twine support reference)
- Monarda fistulosa (or Pycnanthemum spp. discussion refers specifically to mountain mint) — Mountain mint
- Pycnanthemum spp. — Mountain mint
- Solidago spp. — Goldenrod (referenced indirectly among prairie plants)
- Symphyotrichum spp. — Asters
- Solanum lycopersicum — Tomato
- Vernonia spp. — Ironweed
- Yucca spp. — Yucca
- Arborvitae (Thuja spp.)
Garden Tools Mentioned
- Drill auger
- Garden tool bag
- Garden wagon
- Five-gallon bucket tool organizer
- Gardening apron/tool apron
- Measuring tape
- Garden Guru garden knife/edger
- Garden scythe
- Leather gardening gloves
- Plant labels
- Cuticle oil
- Aquaphor
- Vaseline
- ArborTie plant tie
- Velcro plant ties
- Garden twine
- Dandelion digger
- Stand-up weed puller
- Hand trowel
- Hori hori (garden knife)
- Hand pruners/secateurs
- Buckthorn Blaster herbicide applicator
- Hand rake
- Hand hoe/cultivator
- Battery-powered mini chainsaw
- Loppers
- Landscape staples
- Soaker hoses
- Hard rake
- Leaf rake
- Weed whacker/string trimmer
- Leaf blower
- Bug spray
- Safety goggles
- Kneeling pad/repurposed outdoor chair cushion
- Serving spoon (repurposed gardening tool)
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