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Staff Picks: Favorite Tools

Everyone has some tool they find just indispensable in the garden. So we took a poll of the Sky staff to list our own can't-do-withouts....

• Hori Hori knife
• Korean hand hoe / AKA EZ-Digger
• Felco pruner
• Short-handled groundcover rake
• ARS small clippers
• Garden Trug
• Felco folding saw
• Short-handled digging spade
• Oscillating hoe
• Small perennial shovel

 A few testimonials:...

"I've had my Felco #2 pruner for 30+ years. It's my oldest gardening friend. If you need a smaller grip, try the Felco # 11."

"In my vegetable garden, the Korean hand hoe is the tool I use most. I dig seed-planting furrows, smooth the soil with the flat side, dig holes for transplants, and weed with it!"

"A really sturdy short-handled digging spade—in fact, good tools are a gardener's best investment."

Skylights Spring 2009, Vol 24, No. 1

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