Bro, the tool EVERYONE forgets about in these lists, is one of my favorites. The bucket!

My mom bought me these adorable mini shovels and rakes for my birthday (they are literally the size of a pencil) and I use them even though it’s not practical because they are so cute.

One of my favorite gardening tool is an old screwdriver I found in the garage after we bought our house. It's long and sturdy and I use it to remove weeds from my garden. I also use it to dig in and loosen up the soil when I am planting small new plants. Awesome video and great tools from Corona!

Omg I was JUST researching this to figure out what basics I could really use as I get more serious about my gardening. Thank you so much for reading my mind and making this video!

I don’t even have an outdoor garden but I can’t resist an Epic Gardening upload! 🌿

Was literally just out working in my yard today wondering when you would make a vid like this!

Just received another 7” Quicksaw as my neighbor admired my other one so much that I just had to gift it to her! Great tools!

we are starting next week. cant wait.

The fan rake is also called a spring tine rake and the other rake is called a fixed tyne rake.

You need to keep all square spades sharp... NOTHING replaces that in my landscape business... NOTHING. It is the best digging shovel when sharp, it has the best control of all shovels. Only use a round point shovel when moving bulk gravel once in awhile!

A pair of scissors, a watering can, and a screwdriver are all I own for my garden and Ive had no issues this year.

I love you, you are so awesome!!😇❄🐈🌻🌲🥥🏵🥑🥥🍑🍊🍉🍏🍎🥭🥭🍍🍓🥝🍅🥕🍆🥔🌶🌽🥒🥬🧄🧄🧅🍄thank you for teaching us🍏💜🦮

I’m a minimalist when it comes to garden tools. Love to get my hands in the dirt though. My go to tools are shovels and prunes. Maybe a couple others if needed.

Almost at one million subs! I have recommended you to a lot of the people I know that have a garden or want to start one. Congrats!

I picked up a 7 yard Gorilla cart and it's the best tool I've bought in years

Could you do a video about identifying what plants need by color, texture, etc.? 🌱🌿

Super slick paint job on the shed doors, i look forward how they're used as a green screen.

1.hand trowel-used for loosening the soil around the growing plants. 2.water hose-a flexible tube which carrie water and used to waterplants

We just finished our raised beds and are planting in them this weekend. My husband has all of these tools in the shed! Woohoo!! Not sure I should admit this but the pruning shears...yea those are in our junk drawer inside bc I always thought they were some kind of pliers.

You should make a new series in which you go and help new gardeners correct gardening mistakes. "A Garden Makeover" if you will Love your channel🧡 Keep doing great stuff 👍

One other thing to mention is storage space. I have both, a rounded spade, and a square one, but I got the short type with the stirrup handle. Not only do they store in smaller space, but I take the square one in the car trunk, if I get stuck in snow.

It's so helpful for an beginner, many thanks for making this film ☘️☘️

Shovel, cutlass, garden hose, bucket. If you have these you're good to get started

One tip *I* have to share: I really love stainless steel tools. I'm, if I'm honest, kind of lazy and careless, at times, so I absolutely love having tools that don't need to be babied, that can never rust no matter what. Fully stainless steel tools don't necessarily cost that much either, which I was pleasantly surprised by. Definitely a worthwhile investment, if you ask me.

I love garden tools. I love the wheel Barrell and the oscillating hoe. The sharpen is very handy. i need to get one of those. I could probably use it in the kitchen as well. Your video makes me want to go out and get all the tools. I am sure I could find some use for them. Thanks.

If you sharpen the leading edge of your round tip shovel it makes it a giant horihori. It also helps a ton digging through roots or clay

Thank you, you are awesome!!!wow your dragon fruit are beautiful 🌻☃️🥑💜

Now I don't have any job . I'm planning 🤔 to become a gardener so this video is useful for me .😊😍

About the last tip, in the words of Chef Jacques Pepin, blade edges are made of teeth, so when you use your knife, the teeth get out of whack. You are not sharpening the blade, you're keeping it sharp by re-aligning the teeth. Eventually, the teeth get worn out and you need a grinding stone (coarse, medium, fine...) and spend some time to groove in new teeth. One of my best tools: a notebook. Everytime I think I'll remember...

I have never had a rain wand that doesn't leak. However, I am getting that sharpening tool. Needed that last year!!

When kevin said I am somewhat tall and a bit lazy. I thought no you are far from lazy lol you have a whole beautiful garden that you tend to. Great video!

It’s word “corona” on the wheelbarrow in the gardening video that I’m watching to prepare for the next pandemic food shortage for me 😅

Hi Kevin, My best gardening tool is a Personal Gardener. 😊🤣Love the simple practical vid. cheers

Good to know that Corona makes a little blade sharpener. If you purchase loppers, make sure they have a hinge on them. They will truly be your best friend and you won't have to use as much of your own torquing power to make cuts. The pitch fork is helpful when sod busting.

I love your planters, i bet a pond full of koi fish would be amazing

I'm loving the pumpkin on the pedestal... I have no idea why

Your channel is so helpful for someone starting to get into gardening! thank you!

If I recommend one thing it would be the stirrup hoe. Mine would even dig in a 1/2 inch and cut off roots and weeds barely came back. Even works to till up a small trench for seeds! Amazing tool!

Snow shovels work great for light materials as well.

very educational video. I got started thinking what I bought was not practical... thanks for the advice

My Corona brand Ratchet Pruner is the one of my absolute favorite tools. I use it for hacking back the invasive vines and shrubs that have invaded the forest around my yard. It fits in my back pocket and easily cuts through branches bigger than my thumb.

One of my fave and most used tool is a Hori Hori, but I love the more knife style version over the trowel style such as the one from Niwaki, dig, cut, chop or use to make seed drills. The perfect garden tool.... Loved the video Kevin... I do need to invest in an oscillating hoe this year

As a newer gardener, this video was really informative, thank you Kevin💖

Dried tree leaves help compost and are a fantastic covering mulch to retain moisture.

One million! YAYYYY! Congrats!

I love hearing experienced gardener's opinions on tools. I'm a beginner, and I have my pruners from my houseplants that will do double-duty, my rake, my hose, and my spade (that pointed shovel). Just moved in the last 4 months, didn't get my first bed done until after the first frost. C'mon spring!

Safety Sally here : always throw a load on a shovel, or fork, BEHIND you 😂✌️ Awesome info for so many applications

I'm growing in an apartment with a 2nd story balcony, but I'm in Gatineau, Quebec. This winter has absolutely sucked, very low light, constant freezes and thaws, I lost many indoor plants before I got a grow light. Anyways right now on my balcony I have a hemlock tree, a spruce bush, a pine tree and a lavender plant, all about 4 feet tall with the pot. Only real gardening tools I have are a couple pointy sticks and a Fiskars' knife/shears combo thing, but my greatest ally so far has been vermiculite lol

Thank you so much for this video! I have always wanted to get a break down of the best basic tools you should have, the differences between them, and how to keep them sharp. Happy New Year!

I think you missed the snow shovel. Oh wait, SoCal.

Great video. I love to bake and I bake a lot of breads. Now, thanks to you, I can grow my own wheat like my native cherokee ancestors.

All great suggestions! Can't wait to get back into my garden in the next few weeks!

Looking great at your new spot! Great gardening advice for the newbies! I have to chime in for more of the advance gardners out there, imo the following tools cant be matched after years of running a commercial landscaping business and nursery you learn what works and last..... Felco 2 cant be beat! King of spade ( one piece blue welded deep spades..cuts through anything) ...brentwood wheelbarrows , little more upfront cost pays off ten fold with quality tools. Seed supply stores and Amish farms around here in Lancaster Pennsylvania has the cream of the crop tools for anyone demanding quality. Skip Depot and Lowes lets kick it back to the little man..lol!!

Great reel. Thank you sir.

For new gardeners having to cope with heavy clay soil, a mattock is extremely handy, as spades or shovels will be hard work. A kink-resistant hose worth splurging on, don't frustrate yourself by thinking you're saving money on a cheap hose. Totally agree that the best garden watering is done by hand, not automated. If your soil is hygroscopic, give it a light sprinkle to break the water tension, then return later to give it a deep soak. To save water, water the feeder roots of shrubs or trees, not the base of the plant, & wait till they droop before watering to toughen them up. If you're on a strict budget, you'll get by using scissors for tip pruning or cutting salad leaves/fruits. Loppers are great, but if cutting back very dense bushes, it's difficult to get the handles open enough while wanting cut out larger branches. As you've pointed out, pruning saws are very useful but I've sped things up using a cordless reciprocating saw, which is a popular multi-purpose handyman tool anyway. Your dual wheel barrow is the ultimate, but would be pricy. Maybe use a log carrier until funds allow, rather than waste money & risk injury with cheap barrows. For the elderly (like me), you'll love grippy gloves as you won't have to grip as hard when pulling weeds etc. If you're absent minded (like me), dexterous cut resistant gloves will save you some flesh. They're readily available from on-line safety outlets & very reasonably priced. In the interest of economy, don't buy anything that's sold in larger pots, or if you have to, give the pot a squeeze to check if it's root-bound. 👍🇦🇺

Every time I watch your videos, I think of Property Brothers. You sound just like them.

I just love this show, I have learned so much 🙋🏻‍♀️

Very good information. Thanks for sharing.

I LOVE the Corona FS 3214D ComfortGEL Leaf & Stem Micro Snips. I got them for Christmas, and I have found it to be my new guilty pleasure to pinch pentas with it

For me a retractable hose reel is an essential tool in the garden. I grew up not knowing what it was until I got my own place and the previous owner had retractable hose reels installed. I am never going back to a traditional hose.

Please do a video showing your personal garden journal(s) for the bullet journalers and planner enthusiasts! Thanks for all you do and share :)

thanks for sharing! I have most of the tools you listed and will add the rest to my gardening wish list

Just found your channel for the first time, really good video thanks for uploading and thats me subscribed!

Where I come from, a cutlass is prime in the garden. It chops, digs, cuts, and keeps intruders at bay.😁

I wish I could send you some of my leaves. I have four monster maple trees and it takes me like six hours at least once sometimes twice in the fall to rake them to the curb. Luckily the town crew picks them up. I saved a little and put on my garden. Just need bags of composted manure on top now. 🖤 Hey I just noticed you're almost to 1 mil! How exciting!!

Nice video! I love garden tools, chinese tea ware, and musical instruments! My tips: Go with biointensive beds and opt for a square shovel for digging those. Include a digging fork or broad fork

Bad ass video, top quality! thanks you so much 🙏🏻

Some one gave me a pair of Corona pruners. Never heard of the brand nor did the person who gave them to me. When I researched the brand I was surprised that somebody would give away these pruners. Pruners had a ding, must have been used to cut wire. I was able to file it down and they work fine. Great tool for anyone with arthritis in their hands.

I really like that retractable hose, having to loop around the hose everytime is a pain.

Great really helpful suggestions. I've got most of the basics but certainly take taking care of them for granted. Still some more I need to get. I LOVE loppers. 😁 Thanks for sharing.

I believe the anvil pruner is for dead wood & by-pass are for live stems, branches, etc.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="132">2:12</a> bypass pruners - beter for green part of plant, non bypass pruners ar beter for wooden part of plant (mostly busches/roses). It is worth considering the "force transfer" model, especially if it will be used for woody parts.

Checking in from North County San Diego. Thank you for this very helpful video.

I would love the hose video! I am looking to upgrade and would find it very helpful.

For my small Garden I have all those tools except a Wheelbarrel. I think I will be getting a small one this year. Thanks for the vid!

Thank you for sharing. 👍❤️🇺🇸

My favorite is my old big bucket, to carry tools round the garden, to hold the weeds while weeding from place to place, to put cuttings in and then lug them to the compost heap or to collect moulding leaves where there are too many and use as a cover elsewhere to cool plants cooler.

Thanks for the video! I've got to get one of those folding hand saws! Also, I'm putting in a brand new raised garden in my backyard! I would not feel so confident about it if it wasn't for you and Laura from Garden Answer. I'll be sure to tag you and her on IG when I post pictures. Thanks so much for all you do!

You hit one million

The reason that wheelbarrows have a single wheel is for the sheer maneuverability of moving a heavy load to exactly where it's supposed to go. Sure, two wheels help with balance -- which can easily be fixed by properly loading the barrow from the start -- but they also double the rolling resistance of the wheelbarrow itself which will make heavier loads heavier to move.

Congrats, Kevin for reaching 1M milestone! Galing 🙌🏻 😎🍻

Since i ditched edged raised beds, got myself tools to work the soil and to weed. Much quicker than pulling every weed by hand. My set of essential tools: cutter mattock for deep decompaction and also useful for digging out bushes etc 3 tine cultivator for regular decompaction/weeding/de-crusting between rows 1 tine cultivator for fine weeding work between plants soil tilther and soil prep rake to make and maintain rows before planting. the back of the rake is actually useful, unlike those cheap and heavy rakes. secateurs mainly for cutting woody stems medium size snips that do most of the cutting and trimming of plants planting knife, which can dig planting holes or to cut off tough thick stems like cabbage syphon injection system. i just have the hose connecting kind for now. sure beats mixing fertilizer and carrying one watering can at a time. with a well chosen set of tools and methods, you have more time to do what's most important, keep new plant starts coming and keep them moist. also keep garden clean of debree and sick plants etc. Keep a bucket each for green and non-green rubbish collection. might sound like a lot of work but is not. each job is done efficiently. no more wasting time making composts, collecting and chopping compost materials, or making silly potions of unknown nutritional efficacy.

I needed this so bad! Thank you!!

Handy things to know, love this channel just starting my own channel slowly coming together, thanks for the inspiration 👍👍👍

Great video, the same tools I use in my mango orchard, biggest than a backyard, best regards from Sinaloa, Mx...

I am here to say congrats on 1 mil. It hasn't hit yet but I want to be the first to say it because I am like that. 😜

Hey Kevin! A request for a neem oil episode. I have used it with some success and am sure I am missing information about it. I’d love to hear what more you, The Epic Gardener, can add. 😊 Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge on so many topics!

Thanks for the video. I concur on your basic starter tool choices. (BTW Good to see you supporting MI Gardener in his Livestream yesterday)

Was looking forward to seeing what tools you have! Im a big fan of the dutch hoe over the oscillating hoe. A bit more robust and can really power into thick stemmed weeds.

1.Hand trowel-used for loosening the soil around the growing plants. 2.water hose-a flexible tube which Carrie water and is used to water plants. 3.rake-is used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil use for collecting dried leaves,grass and dirt.

I'm glad I stumbled upon this...thank you. I have most of them but I call them different names...😆 I'm glad you brought to light their real names. I'm getting an osalating hoe tomorrow..can't wait, never seen one of those.

the shed looks like a whole different place without those trees behind it, great video, very helpful. like i need to add more tools to my collection, though...??!

Your garden is looking great! Can I ask a dumb question? I have mulch on my plants (thanks for the tip), when you fertilize, do you move the mulch or sprinkle the fertilizer on top of it?

The shed is such a great backdrop for you!

#1 tool is a good hat that blocks light on all sides. A washable one because it’s going to get stanky. #2 a gorilla cart with 4 wheels instead of the basic wheel barrel.Easy to pull and dump things out. You don’t have to balance it either. Super convenient

1.hand trowel-used for loosening the soil around the growing plants 2.water hose-a flexible tube which carrie water and used to water plants

Years ago, I paid for a lifetime membership to the National Home Gardening Club. A couple years later, the company died. I guess when it said "lifetime" it meant its lifetime and not mine. For joining the club, I got a garden tote with a pair of gardening gloves, a foam kneeling pad, loppers, a folding saw, and some pruners. The only tool that has not broken is the loppers. They are the bypass style with adjustable handles. The only thing that is going bad is the foam grips. The pruners that I have are the Corona brand. Mine are the anvil style pruners which I really like. I like the Corona hand tools. When I first got back into gardening in 2019, I gardened at home in my fabric pots. I could easily reach the plants from a sitting down position. My rollator makes it handy to do that. I have a water wand, like the long one that you demonstrated. But, I agree with what you said, Watering by hand helps me keep on eye on my plants for any pest or nutrient problem. When my friends ask me for advice on gardening tools, I just tell them to read the packaging of all the tools then select the one or two tools that will do the most tasks.

If you have waning grip strength, "aviation snips" are a good, force multiplying alternative to pruning shears. You want the yellow handled ones; they cut straight.

Love that massive wheelbarrow! And the stirrup hoe is definitely irreplaceable too... FYI - since buying a silky 13” professional pruning saw, I haven’t touched my loppers (and I do professional arboriculture work).

You talk a lot about fallen leaves or ":gardener's gold," love that. Just want to say that I live in Massachusetts and I have a giant Maple that would cover one whole side of your yard! Every fall we rake and fill between 40-50 bags of leaves that we have to dispose of! I'd LOVE to make a deal to sell/ship them to you instead! Let's talk! 😄