Snake tongue trowel. Great for digging (especially in hard clay soil or rooted areas), planting bulbs, weeding. If the tool also have serrated edges, can also use it to divide plants (similar to a hori hori knife)
Cultivater - 👍👍👍👍 thought I was the only one who looses these. Gloves- 👍👍👍 Moisture meter - 👍 Nozzles - 👍👍 Exp hose - 👍👍👍have a 100 feet one; like the light weight Greenhouse kit - 👍👍 Shovel & hoe to make the set 👍👍👍👍👍 Floral shears - 👍👍
**Good sturdy hand tools are always a bonus-- I tend to leave them laying so extras are welcome. **Gloves-- I don't wear gloves now but I really need to start... a gifted pair/pairs would be a great incentive **The moisture meter--like you, not something I would normally use but I know some that swear by them. For growing "fussy" houseplants like ferns and succulents, if I had one, I might give it a try to up my success with them **Nozzles--always great... nice choice of fine and stream sprays **Hose--they are my nemesis..collapsible hoses die a quick death for me, bulky hoses are a pain to move around. I have a small yard so a 25 ft hose would be good for me... I would find one helpful, would just have to remember to take better care if it than I normally do. **Seed starting kit--very helpful for a small new gardener that is only going for a few plants or now quite sure if they want to jump in and get their feet dirty with full on gardening. **Small clippers--I never had a small pair until last season--perfect for just tiny clips here and there-trimming a bad leaf, harvesting produce, snipping a flower for bringing in the house... love them All in all... none of the gifts are a total bust.. I think she did a great job for not being a gardener herself. For myself, the moisture meter and the seed starting kit would be the "least" favored...I would buy a sturdier starter kit but I would be able to use all of them.
Hand trowel brought to mind one we had maybe 20 years ago made of Nyglass. A freebie we got from some garden catalog we've long since forgotten the name of. Anyhow, the DW loved that trowel- it was the only one the woman didn't break! One piece, weighed almost nothing, took abuse and neglect for years without sign of wear. Then it was gone. We figure some visitor to our chaos garden needed it more than we did. Anyhow, I looked for it online after watching your video. Fiskars still makes them! Less than $2.00 Thanks yet again.
I pretty much agree with all your assessments. Having hard water my nozzles don't last well at all. I do have a lot of the spades and cultivators but not the small hoe, but the abundance is due to a friend who moved cross country and gave me all of their gardening stuff. Apparently, they saw sales and bought in bulk so I now have a dozen or so. LOL
Moisture meter 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Went to Amazon and ordered THAT one while you were talking as a gift for my mom. Here in the high desert we have moisture issues, and figuring out moisture in the Greenstalk is kinda hard. I liked the one you were given because the probe and the meter are separate. She won't have to get on her knees to try and read the meter.
I would personally love some little tags that can be written on in the garden like professional garden shops use - to write on - not even sure where people get them. Like plastic sticks with a head on them so you can use them year after year in my starts. Otherwise, I like what she picked up but not sure what the hose exactly is.
Great idea on the tags. I am looking at the Art Markers on the Epic Gardening website. They are supposed to be fade resistant. Last year I used Red Markers. Big fail. ;) 😉 thanks for watching!
The Dollar store sell the plastic plant tags in early spring - use markers and wipe off with alcohol to use again. Amazon also sell a variety of them. Popsicle sticks (craft stores, Walmart, etc) also work in a pinch tho it doesn’t last more than couple months.
Little garden tool set - 👍👍👍👍
Gloves - 👍👍👍👍👍
Moisture meter - 👍
Nozzles - 👍
Exp hose - 👎
Greenhouse kit - 👍
Floral shears - 👍👍👍👍
Great review. Thank you for sharing - we are definitely on the same page. I love your thumb system. It's great. 👍
For any of the hand tools, please select tools with bright, non-green handles so I can find them when I forget where I left them!
Great point on the handle color. So true. I have that problem with other tools. Thanks for watching.
I’m so happy I’m not the only one that can’t find their hand tools 😂
Gloves and the sprayer are awesome too!
It's a challenge. I hope to get the garden studio organized soon. 😆 🤣 😂
Snake tongue trowel. Great for digging (especially in hard clay soil or rooted areas), planting bulbs, weeding. If the tool also have serrated edges, can also use it to divide plants (similar to a hori hori knife)
Great ideas! I need to add that to my wish list. ;) thanks for watching.
Cultivater - 👍👍👍👍 thought I was the only one who looses these.
Gloves- 👍👍👍
Moisture meter - 👍
Nozzles - 👍👍
Exp hose - 👍👍👍have a 100 feet one; like the light weight
Greenhouse kit - 👍👍
Shovel & hoe to make the set 👍👍👍👍👍
Floral shears - 👍👍
Thanks for the thumbs. I love the grading. Oh, 100 feet hose that might be better. Happy Gardening
**Good sturdy hand tools are always a bonus-- I tend to leave them laying so extras are welcome.
**Gloves-- I don't wear gloves now but I really need to start... a gifted pair/pairs would be a great incentive
**The moisture meter--like you, not something I would normally use but I know some that swear by them. For growing "fussy" houseplants like ferns and succulents, if I had one, I might give it a try to up my success with them
**Nozzles--always great... nice choice of fine and stream sprays
**Hose--they are my nemesis..collapsible hoses die a quick death for me, bulky hoses are a pain to move around. I have a small yard so a 25 ft hose would be good for me... I would find one helpful, would just have to remember to take better care if it than I normally do.
**Seed starting kit--very helpful for a small new gardener that is only going for a few plants or now quite sure if they want to jump in and get their feet dirty with full on gardening.
**Small clippers--I never had a small pair until last season--perfect for just tiny clips here and there-trimming a bad leaf, harvesting produce, snipping a flower for bringing in the house... love them
All in all... none of the gifts are a total bust.. I think she did a great job for not being a gardener herself. For myself, the moisture meter and the seed starting kit would be the "least" favored...I would buy a sturdier starter kit but I would be able to use all of them.
Great recap. Thanks for the in-depth ideas. I'm definitely excited about the snips. Happy Gardening! Great to see you back.
Hand trowel brought to mind one we had maybe 20 years ago made of Nyglass. A freebie we got from some garden catalog we've long since forgotten the name of. Anyhow, the DW loved that trowel- it was the only one the woman didn't break! One piece, weighed almost nothing, took abuse and neglect for years without sign of wear. Then it was gone. We figure some visitor to our chaos garden needed it more than we did. Anyhow, I looked for it online after watching your video. Fiskars still makes them! Less than $2.00
Thanks yet again.
You are welcome. I had never heard of that material type before. Thank you for sharing. I'll check those out.
I love my combination hand hoe/cultivator instead of having 2 tools. My favorite item would be the snips.
And don’t forget that high quality sunscreen!
Ooh. I just spotted one of those when I was looking online. Great point. Thank you.
I pretty much agree with all your assessments. Having hard water my nozzles don't last well at all. I do have a lot of the spades and cultivators but not the small hoe, but the abundance is due to a friend who moved cross country and gave me all of their gardening stuff. Apparently, they saw sales and bought in bulk so I now have a dozen or so. LOL
I love reclaimed tools. Most of my big tools were previously loved, too. And we have hard water too, so yes, that is a problem. Thanks for sharing.
Moisture meter 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Went to Amazon and ordered THAT one while you were talking as a gift for my mom. Here in the high desert we have moisture issues, and figuring out moisture in the Greenstalk is kinda hard. I liked the one you were given because the probe and the meter are separate. She won't have to get on her knees to try and read the meter.
Nice 👍 Thanks for sharing. I had not thought about the greenstalk. That's great.
I'd love to have horihori and a good thick pair of gloves.
Great gift ideas! I do love my horihori. And it's nice now to have some leather gloves that fit better than the mechanic gloves I was using.
No expanding hose
Agreed.
I would personally love some little tags that can be written on in the garden like professional garden shops use - to write on - not even sure where people get them. Like plastic sticks with a head on them so you can use them year after year in my starts. Otherwise, I like what she picked up but not sure what the hose exactly is.
Great idea on the tags. I am looking at the Art Markers on the Epic Gardening website. They are supposed to be fade resistant. Last year I used Red Markers. Big fail. ;) 😉 thanks for watching!
The Dollar store sell the plastic plant tags in early spring - use markers and wipe off with alcohol to use again. Amazon also sell a variety of them. Popsicle sticks (craft stores, Walmart, etc) also work in a pinch tho it doesn’t last more than couple months.
@@SRizzo-ez8ih thank you.
I would not use mosture meter thing
I don't think I will either. Thanks for sharing.
The hand tools won't last very long. They would bend on my first use. I would buy quality hand tools.
Great point. Thanks for weighing in. Quality tools definitely makes a difference. Happy Gardening!
For me I'm always losing gloves tools and hose bits. That would be the top of my list. Thank you for the list. 👍🏼🪱😊
You're welcome. The gloves seem to disappear into thin air. How in the world do I lose just one?