These are the beds, hand tools, soil, seeds, and pest fixes behind my backyard tomatoes, peppers, and greens. Every piece here has earned a spot in my garden tote or shed.
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My Vego metal bed went together in an afternoon, and at 17 inches tall it saves my back every time I weed.
Vego 17" Tall 8x2ft Metal Raised Garden Bed
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The elevated Best Choice planter is my patio herb and lettuce bed, at waist height so I never have to kneel.
Best Choice 72x24x30in Raised Garden Bed
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The Root Slayer's serrated edges chew through roots and compacted soil that used to bend my old shovel.
Root Slayer 22011 Garden Shovel, Serrated Red
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My Fiskars Ergo trowel is the one I grab for every transplant, and the cast aluminum head still looks new.
Fiskars Ergo Garden Trowel Heavy Duty
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The Nisaku hori hori digs, weeds, cuts twine, and measures planting depth, so it rides on my belt all season.
Nisaku Hori Hori Garden Knife
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This little Japanese sickle slices weeds off at the soil line, and it clears a whole path in minutes.
Japanese Weeding Sickle Sharp Edge
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These cheap Fiskars pruners handle my daily harvest snips, from tomato suckers to herbs to zucchini stems.
Fiskars Bypass Pruning Shears 5/8" Cut
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For thicker stems and woody branches I switch to the forged Corona pruners, which feel like they'll last forever.
Corona ClassicCUT Forged Bypass Pruner 3/4"
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The Gorilla Grip kneeling pad made weeding the ground beds bearable, and it doubles as my car washing pad.
GORILLA GRIPĀ® Thick Foam Kneeling Pad 17.5x11
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All my hand tools, gloves, and ties live in the WORKPRO tote, so I just grab it and head out to the beds.
WORKPRO Garden Tool Bag, 10 Pockets, Green
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I fill every container and topper for my raised beds with FoxFarm Ocean Forest, and my peppers love it.
FoxFarm Ocean Forest Potting Soil 12 Qt
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I work a handful of Jobe's organic granules into each planting hole, and it feeds the plants for weeks.
