I’m tired of junk garden tools

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I found the smaller round cultivator a while back at an antique store. I’ve used it a few times and it is amazing. And probably indestructible.

Today I found the three tool set in waynesville. Made by a local blacksmith. Also likely indestructible. The cultivator is pinned and welded. The hoe blade is riveted on and has zero movement or flex. Can’t wait to get these dirty.


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Last year my favorite old garden hoe broke. I had found it in my uncle's shed without a handle and it was probably over 100 yrs old. Looked all over and could not find another one like it and quality made, but I did find ProHoe and ordered this one. Not cheap, but well made. Quality tools make a difference.

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beamernc said:
Last year my favorite old garden hoe broke. I had found it in my uncle's shed without a handle and it was probably over 100 yrs old. Looked all over and could not find another one like it and quality made, but I did find ProHoe and ordered this one. Not cheap, but well made. Quality tools make a difference.

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Field & Garden Hoes | Rogue Hoe Tools | Scrapers | Prohoe

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Rogue hoes are tough. We had a “chopping crew” at our family nursery when I was younger and that’s what they used all summer long cleaning around plants. If any hand tool can survive multiple different types of employees with varying degrees of care it’s pretty decent.

A.M Leonard carry’s a lot of heavier duty hand tools and pruning tools. I don’t always buy my stuff from there but they’re a good starting point for a grade above your local home improvement stores.
 
garden tools, drill bits, wrenches, screw drivers... nearly everything from Chiner except Harbor Freight impact driver sockets are "one trippers"... I buy vintage iron for nearly all of my tools, guns and implements.
 
I've acquired several old pieces over the years, hoes, pickaxes, sledges, go-devil mauls and such. All need handles, can't find handles for most of them locally.
 
My wife stays home and works her butt off to help insure that we generate about 80% of our food on-site.

Like lots of folks I understand that most modern "garden" tools are not much use outside the burbs.

We buy older tools whenever we can find them. We order a fair amount from the Lehman's store that someone posted above.

A while back my wife came to me and told me she was sick to death of shovel handles breaking. And she had broken a couple of the blades as well.

We looked for all metal shovels. Finally settled on this one:

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USA Made Pointed Shovel

Pointed Shovel
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I balked a little at first on the price, but then though of all the different "just in case" equipment/firearms I buy, and immediately ordered her shovel.

She's had it about a year and a half now and couldn't be happier.

Garrett Wade and Lehman's are both good places to order sturdier than average tools from. There is some junk mixed in at both places, but if you are somewhat educated from experience, good tools are to be found at both places.
 
thrillhill said:
My wife stays home and works her butt off to help insure that we generate about 80% of our food on-site.

Like lots of folks I understand that most modern "garden" tools are not much use outside the burbs.

We buy older tools whenever we can find them. We order a fair amount from the Lehman's store that someone posted above.

A while back my wife came to me and told me she was sick to death of shovel handles breaking. And she had broken a couple of the blades as well.

We looked for all metal shovels. Finally settled on this one:

garrettwade.com

USA Made Pointed Shovel

Pointed Shovel
garrettwade.com garrettwade.com


I balked a little at first on the price, but then though of all the different "just in case" equipment/firearms I buy, and immediately ordered her shovel.

She's had it about a year and a half now and couldn't be happier.

Garrett Wade and Lehman's are both good places to order sturdier than average tools from. There is some junk mixed in at both places, but if you are somewhat educated from experience, good tools are to be found at both places.
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An old shovel head and a welder works also.

Amazing the stuff you can make with some scrap metal and a Mig.

Your story reminds me of a fella that didn’t like to use a shovel and kept breaking the handles. The boss man should have gotten him one like yours from Garrett Wade.
 
One of the most essential tools for homesteading is the grub hoe. I learned about them in sustainable agriculture school. There are variations the world over. Think of it as a garden hoe on steroids, with an extra long handle and very heavyweight head. The design allows you to till the earth with relative ease. I've used one to make raised garden beds for strawberries. You can use them to make just about any kind of raised bed. Prohoe/Rogue has some. Be sure it has sufficient depth of cut. The one mentioned above is too shallow.

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georgel said:
Until you run out of fuel.
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That reminds me that I need to go get a can of diesel fuel for the tractor. $25+ for a can of fuel sucks. Glad that is the only diesel that I have.

FJB
 
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