A comfortable and well-designed hoe lets you tend to your garden without straining your back or blistering your palms. A good hoe can turn gardening from a tedious, time-consuming task to something you actually enjoy. If you struggle to keep your garden weed-free, or need to prepare an overgrown allotment …

A good garden trug should be big enough to hold a sizable amount of harvest from your garden, whether it’s fruits, vegetables or flowers. It should also be easy to carry around in your hand. And if you plan to use the trug to add a rustic look to your …

A good garden tool sharpener should be versatile in that it can sharpen just about every garden tool you own that needs sharpening from loppers to secateurs and knives to machetes. I especially love multipurpose sharpeners with multiple sharpening surfaces to cater to different tools. Regularly sharpening your garden tools …

A good garden broom should have stiff bristles for cleaning surfaces like grass and concrete, a firm and ergonomic handle and a wobble-free connection between the handle and the brush head. Get a garden broom that works well on a variety of outdoor surfaces including pavement, grass and dirt. In …

A good garden hand trowel should penetrate easily into the soil, be lightweight and have an ergonomic handle that’s comfortable in your hand. Furthermore, it should be durable. The best garden hand trowels are versatile, meaning they can do a number of tasks in the garden from planting seedlings to …

In addition to protecting your knees from dirt, a garden kneeler cushions you knees from the hard ground, thorns and stones. It is especially beneficial for gardeners who have trouble getting back up from a kneeling position because of bad knees, a bad back or some other health problem. A …

If you don’t have the space in your garden for a shed or you prefer something less obtrusive, a garden storage box is a great choice. Garden storage boxes are cheaper, easier to move around and some double up as garden benches. You do have to make do with less …

Good quality garden fence paint protects your wooden fence from rotting, warping, cracking and fading. Even if built your fence with treated wood, adding a coat of outdoor-rated paint on top provides extra protection. In this buying guide, I recommend the best garden fence paints in the UK, and give …

UV and water: the two things you need to worry about when it comes to maintaining garden furniture. They are also the two things garden furniture oil protects the wood from. UV from the sun will quickly age furniture, robbing it of its rich warm colours and leaving it with …

One challenge with vacuuming wet leaves from the lawn or garden is that they tend to clump, requiring more suction power to pick them. Another even bigger challenge is that they can easily clog the mulching or shredding mechanism inside the vacuum. You need a garden vac that can handle …