Garden tools and equipment
It's hard to imagine gardening without tools like saws, pruning shears, hedge trimmers, and so on. With proper care and maintenance, any tool will last a lifetime. Today, I'll tell you how to maintain a chainsaw so it runs smoothly for years to come. Chainsaw Operating Instructions: Before starting work and each time you refuel, check the correct...
What village, let alone a dacha, can get by without a wheelbarrow? Whether it's hauling the harvest from the garden, feeding the cattle, or dragging waste to the compost bin... And especially when there's construction going on. You can't go anywhere without this helper. Without one, your back will quickly start to ache. I've seen many wheelbarrows in my lifetime. There were two-wheelers, one-wheelers, even...
Today I'd like to share the basic tools you'll need as a hobby gardener when starting a small garden. I'm not talking about a professional orchard with numerous fruit trees intended for commercial sale. I'm talking about a few different fruit trees in your garden or dacha, designed for enjoying your fruit in the summer and preparing it for harvesting (drying, jam,...)
You've probably all seen and heard ads for Fokin's flat cutters. I, too, once, after hearing rave reviews, bought one. But at first, I bought a fake one at a regular gardening store; it was painted purple and unsharpened. I tried using it, but it didn't work. Then I was given a set of genuine Fokin flat cutters (a large one and...
Good afternoon! I thought I'd share a little tip on how to avoid losing your tools while gardening. It often happens that while loosening a bed or pruning trees with pruning shears, you get distracted for a second, and then spend a long time searching for your tool. It seems like the pruning shears or sickle were just there, but then they're gone. I've even found some that weren't discovered until the following gardening season. 