10 Must Have Gardening Tools That You Need To Start Gardening [Buying Guide]
Overwhelmed by the many garden tools for sale? On a limited budget and can only afford the basics? Here are the 10 must have gardening tools you need.
Gardening like so many other hobbies can evolve into a storage shed or garage full of every imaginable tool.
Tool catalogs and gardening magazines have pages and pages of tools that promise to make gardening easier.
However often these sit collecting dust and rusting away as they end up not being that useful.
Let’s look at what garden tools I think are a good starting point for someone just getting into gardening.
Here are the well-used tools I pulled out of my garden shed. A compact, well rounded set of tools for the beginner to get started with growing food and maintaining their garden. Read on for details and my recommendations from Amazon.
Best Garden Gloves
While many gardeners including myself prefer to work without gloves for some tasks, there are times when you need a decent pair of gloves.
Cutting raspberry or rose bushes without gloves is a prickly affair.
And in winter or on those cool days in spring or fall a pair of gloves makes gardening a bit more bearable as it keeps your hands warmer.
My recommendation from Amazon:
I’ve been happy with the Atlas line of gloves and they have many kinds, including insulated ones for winter.
Showa Atlas 772 M Nitrile Elbow Length Chemical Resistant Gloves, 26″, Yellow
If you really don’t like getting your hands and arms messy when it’s wet and muddy outside, you might want to also consider adding a pair of muck gloves. They also will protect your hands from scratches and scrapes when pruning raspberries, blackberries or roses.
