Third Time Lucky Trying To Post This!

I have made myself some gardening tools, besides the ones that can be bought. Those are special tools for my cacti. I have an old knife, a coffee spoon and a small paint brush. The knife and spoon help me transplant them while staying away from their thorns. The brush ( the kind that children use for watercolor) is to clean them.

my hand clipper and weed bucket. i pull up tonnage of strangle vines,and i carry around a 5 gallon to carry it back to the garbage can.

Well, I hope this discusssion stays put this time. I bought a little tool from QVC called, Grandpa's Little Weeder and I find it really helpful for getting up the tougher weeds. It's like a smalle fork-like thing on the end that you push into the ground either side of the weed, you then pull back on the handle and it closes around the root at the same time as pulling it our of the ground. Really great for dandilions that we seem to have loads of this year for some reason. _Derek

third time lucky !! I don't really have any unusual gardening tools. But I still use my mothers trowel and pruners. She has been gone now since 1986 and they were well used when she had them. But I do use a tool which was known as a daisy weeder. think thats the right name, it has 2 metal prongs and you heave your stubborn weeds out with it. the handle fell off years ago so I just use it without, for every thing; potting on plants, weeding, digging earth over and lifting surface earth or peat on my pots or containers. I like the sound of the pink watering can , mine are only green or galvanised. I have seen some really gorgeous coloured watering cans in a gardening centre, while we were on holiday, but sadly too expensive. i will have to save some pennies or do lots of posting on mylot!

Too bad that you were not able to post the picture. I am also fond of gardening but this time I couldn't be in the garden for I am always busy with my work. ............

Hi Jane, That's great! I can feel the excitement in you and the joy in your heart as you share the story behind your garnening tools. You are lucky for having them. I don't have any chance now for gardening though before i have cactus collections and i need to have a thick glooves to work on it. how i missed my cactus and euphorbia. enjoy gardening!

I have a watering can i the colours of a bumble bee i bought it for my grandchildren and they love it, one has a spider one all red and black and the other has a bumble bee which is yellow and black, apart from that nothing else exciting in my garden tool shed.