This is my equivalent of a garden shed
TOP 20 TOOLS (I use on a weekly basis)
1. Secateurs in holster
2. Hand Fork
3. By-pass loppers
4. Rake
5. Broom
6. Long handled or hand-held edgers
7. Wheelbarrow
8. Spade
9. Fork
10. Bucket or some kind of container to throw weeds and clippings in as you go. It can also double up as a watering device if you don’t have a watering can with you or to soak dry pots in water before planting out. Very very useful.
11. Trowel
12. Scissors
13. Garden twine
14. Kneeling pad
15. Shears
16. Plant ties
17. Bow saw
18. Strimmer
19. Hedge cutter
20. Pruning saw
We also use daily a builders sack approx holding a cubic meter of garden prunings that can be balanced on a wheelbarrow and make trips to the compost heap or burn pile or local community composting site more efficient
Essential clothing:
1) As many gloves as I can afford – on one wet day I could get through 3-4 pairs, if there is a wet week I’m in trouble
You can see them all drying out here after last weeks rather wet spell
2) Hats. Essential all year round for protection from sun and rain. So woolly and warm in the winter and with a large brim or peak in the summer
3) Waterproof clothing
4) Solid footwear to protect those toes. I wear muck boots.
Other Essentials:
1) Sun cream
2) First Aid Kit
3) Bite and sting relief anti-histamine cream
4) Insect repellent
5) Tissues
Other useful items
Spare buckets of different sizes to collect cut-flowers
Paper bags to collect seeds
Plant labels and pens
Watering can
Hammer/Mallet
Wire
Vine eyes
Camera
Notepad
Insecticides
Hormone Rooting powder
Of course this list could go on and on and on and on so I shall stop here!