To keep your lawn and garden looking their best, you need to keep your garden tools sharp. Here are 7 gardening tools that require a regular sharpening.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Well-timed trimming will protect many plants from disease while promoting optimal growth. Deadheading rose bushes during the fall, for example ...

Unlike garden shears, which are similar to scissors in design, loppers are designed for use with both hands, which allows the user to exert greater force for cutting large branches. “Loppers are ...

It's February, and you may be itching to get out in the garden. But you know it's too soon to plant a lot of the things you're thinking of. What to do? Spend some time getting ready for spring by ...

PERU — If your shovel or hoe won't do what you want it to do, instead of going out and buying a replacement, maybe it needs sharpening. If you don't know how, there is a how-to workshop. The Clinton ...

Dear Mary: In this cold, snowy weather, I'm busy planning my vegetable garden and dreaming of warmer weather. However, I don't know how to properly clean and sharpen my garden tools. I have ...

The next step is attending to the blades on hand tools like pruners and loppers. I like to keep mine clean throughout the growing season by wiping them down with cleaning wipes and occasionally hosing ...

With the warm temperatures and peaking buds out there it’s hard keep out of the garden. But with enough rain to float off Kentucky’s own ark, the ground is in no mood to be worked right now. So the ...

Once your gardening tools are clean and neatly put away, it's time to get them out again -- for sharpening. Sharpening is a pleasant wintertime activity, one you can do mostly indoors. And you'll need ...