How To Sharpen Garden Tools: Make Life Easy! 👍 

I didn’t grow up with a dad and we had no garden. This is the video I’ve needed all my adult life!

So useful,and a splash of funny. Thanks for a few morning chuckles!🤣

Not only a timely video crammed with maintenance info on various tools, but entertaining and hilarious!

Wow, absolutely love the tool rack!

I never get tired of your videos. They are so practical, so handy, and always to the point. I love the tool rack!

I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for sharing, I didn’t realize a file was all I needed.

Thanks! Great video. I agree, tools are the key!!!

Love the only fools and horses reference. Haha

Two years later I'm still loving the pallet storage I made using your idea. I had some purpose bought ones that were rubbish. I wonder that you don't have a Hori Hori knife. It's probably my most used garden implement. Digs, measures, saws, and is a handy all in one.

An angle grinder is your man for sharpening spades.I get a wicked weapons-grade edge on my spade for when I'm cutting deep anti-couch grass trenches in my veg patch. Gives a clean cut with minimal effort.

I so appreciate you! My son used to sharpen my tools &knives and he has grown and moved away! I was requiring this lesson! 🙏🙏🙏

Haha. Had a laugh about your fork replacement parts.

😂😂😂the scene rubbing the spade with the cloth

thanks!! I LOVE the pallet rack!!!!

Thank you , much, for this. I’ve needed to see how to properly take care of my yard tools. Now, if I only had a shed. 😂 Your videos are informative and light-hearted. A joy to watch.

Good stuff, Ben. I like the pallet tool storage idea! 👍 An additional step I like to do when tools have wooden handles is to sand with 220 grit paper then liberally apply boiled linseed oil. This keeps the wood nice & smooth and protects it from the elements.

Best tool for developing beds on a new allotment - a mattock! Gets through brambles, levers out tree roots, stones and stumps, and the best tool for bringing down banks and levelling soil. Plus it gives a sense of satisfaction swinging the thing for an hour or so.

Now the gardener can look at himself in those shiny tools, (all winter possibly) especially the hand trowel. Thanks for sharing those useful tips with a bit of Ben humour thrown in. HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you and your family ⛄🎄🥳

I personally can’t garden without my Hori-Hori knife.

Man, you are on it. I was just thinking I needed to do this.

Dude you crack me up. I love your channel!

I use a Dremel to sharpen my tools. It's easy, effective and fast. Also, check-out garage or estate sales for a great source for inexpensive vintage tools. The stuff that was made in the 50's and 60's was made to last..

I love my Hori knife, too.

My most favorite & most used garden tool is my hori hori. It’s strong and sharp, easy to clean and store. Has a lot of uses and helps me at any task. If I could keep only one tool this is definitely my choice.

You can really tell a lot about gardeners who keep their tools as well as you do….kudos….they look brand new. 👍🏻

Hi ! I love each of your videos and this one was one of the funniest :) I really enjoy it, thanks a lot !

No wonder that gardening was so hard work for me. Never cleaned my tools and never ever sharpend anything. That pallet idea is very creative! I'll be back! I have to clean and sharpen my tools before spring. Thank you thank you thank you! 💞🌸

Thanks for the tool rack idea. Your videos are so wonderful, thank you!

Your pallet to store tools is brilliant! Economical, effective, cheerful, and a great way to reuse a pallet.

The only gardening tool I have ever had is an old used gardening fork. It broke off the handle and is thin, bent, and rusty, but it is what I got.

So cute 😂

Dear Ben, it's always fun to watch your videos. Lots of useful information presented with a handful of humor... keep it up. Peter.

Love the Trigger joke!

Thank you! Informative and fun.

Shovel shovel in my hand who’s the fairest gardener of all? Lol merry Christmas I do love your videos❤️🎄❤️

Very cool, thanks! Almost motivates me to get right out there and get this done! One tool that I love and highly recommend is a two-handled broadfork, especially for a no-dig garden. They are essential for deeply dug beds and can also be handy for digging up root veg.

Thanks ! Good tips. I’m still using tools my father used when I was growing up. Some are quite valuable these days, lol ! He dies in 1975 so they have some age on them . Good tools do last.

Got my allotment bought the shiny stainless steel fork. Statutes digging one rang caught behind a pebble and bent. Took it to the local blacksmith who straightened it. Back to the Lottie started digging and dug a drop forged garden fork. Stainless only used for turning compost while my drop forged fork is bomb proof. Blacksmith also sharpening a drop forged draw hoe that I dug using the dug up fork.

Informative as always, but hilarious as well, thank you. I enjoyed watching that.

I worked at a nursery once and one of my jobs was to clean the tools. After the dirt was cleaned off I would work the tools up and down in 55 gallon drum filled with sand and used motor oil. It did a good job of cleaning and lubricating.

Ah, sharpening garden tools. The perfect how-to video for winter. And hey, just three short months or so until planting time again.

Like your trigger reference 😂 I hadn’t thought of sharpening a spade makes sense thanks I think they were nails not screws in the pallet though, I already have one for my tools x

Happy New Year to you and your family. Thank you for all your Videos and Information. Look forward to 2022.

Thank you, super.

Most of my current tools belonged to my deceased Grandparents and had been sitting in the shed rusting until recently when I took an interest in gardening. After I removed the rust and sharpened them up they function like new and look quite nice.

Nice one Ben, love your videos. They're practical and straightforward and delivered with a lovely dollop of cheese, keep up the good work! I really like the converted pallet tool storage, great idea. Happy Christmas and onward success in 2022.

Lots of fun. Nice video with good information. Your tool holder as a great idea, and looked really nice. 👍🏻

Just discovered your video's and find them very good. Everything makes sense and is explained clearly. I just love your dog popping in and out of your video's, so cute! Thanks, and keep up the good work.

I absolutely adore the tool rack! I shall try something similar. We have a lovely garden shed but by mid season it’s a jumble in there. This would work a treat! Thank you.

I learned alot, thanks!

Great video and I definitely do not take care of my gardening tools so I'll be showing them some love & care. Thanks for the steps & tips and also for the laughs!

Very nice tips to maintain garden tools happy chrismas and happy new year to u and your family.

I really enjoy watching the video making it so much fun . I must admit neither thought of sharping my spade .

Great video. Great video.

I also have a pruning saw & shears

This one is a favorite video. Informative and funny. Thank you

Yes, I keep tools till they absolutely fall to pieces! I keep sharpening the metal, coating with wood with linseed oil, and putting 3 and 1 on their joints. They become old friends working with me in the garden. My steadfast partners in the garden!

Gardening needs continues learning. This channel helps me a lot. Thank you so much.

Loved it thanks

Brilliant! What a fabulous reminder to get these things done during the lull of winter. Blessings...daisy

You can use Mineral oil from the grocery for this. It is cheap cheap cheap, non-toxic & non-carcinogenic (can't say that about 3-in-one), It's a fine light lubricant, and protects steel from oxidization just as well.

Excellent, really enjoyed this. You can also sharpen the blade on your lawnmower, just using a file. If you have an angle grinder, you can use that as well and it is super fast.

I have several favorite tools. As far as hand tools, my single tine cultivator is one that I reach for the most. I have a 3500 sq ft in-ground garden with installed buried drip tape in two zones. Many times, I plant on both sides of the drip tape to maximize my yields. When the plants are young, the area covering the drip tape can easily become weedy. This tool allows me to weed on top of the tape. Once the plants grow a bit, they shade this area out and the weeds are suppressed. I also use this tool to weed under and around plants, and around the fixtures and main-line tubing. My second favorite tool is my double wheel hoe. This allows me to quickly weed between the rows. At my age (68), I doubt if I could adequately manage to weed a garden this size without it.

Just what I needed to know. And ift raised a few laughs too. Thanks Ben.

Since being given one as a gift, I've found a Japanese Hori Hori All Purpose Garden knife indispensable.

Good tips..loved the silly ending! 😂 Great idea for a tool holder...I use one in my shed but never occurred to me to remove a couple of slats...so much more useful! Thanks, Ben!

Merry Christmas

Amazing video

Merry Christmas to you and your family!🙂 A very good tutorial which reminds me I need to show more love to my garden helpers.🙂 Thanks for the knowledge!👍

I love this never ending project's out of pallets. Well done I make one too thanks for sharing the ideas

Early part of last year I had an injured back but I still went to the plot and sharpened EVERYTHING, some of it twice!...Steve...😃

Thanks for the advice, I have one of those stones and I didn’t realise it had to be wet , also wasn’t quite sure of the technique especially on secateurs and shears, so I’m all set for a cleaning and sharpening session, as soon as the demands of Christmas have passed. Merry Christmas to you and your family and stay safe.

Is it weird that I’m excited about giving my inherited tools a makeover?!😅🤓

Hi ben, thank you for sharing the video. I was wondering about how to take care of the wooden parts of my garden tools . Thank you so much. Merry Christmas

So helpful and simple! Thanks as always 🌻

What pampered tools u have! 🌳🤩

Fab 😁😁

Lovey swoe

Great thanks! Have been wondering how to sharpen my secateurs… but the tool rack I think I’ll pass.

I love your videos!! This is my 3rd year gardening and i am adding more veggies and i’m so excited (:

Extremely helpful video as always! Thank you 😊

All makes sense. Thank you for the info! God bless!

Your channel is tv production quality. What’s your day job?!

What a great project! And excellent advice for maintaining our tools (which I really should get to, oops)

Thanks ! Something I neglect to do usually. Just got a new whet stone ! Especially my hoes and shovels ! Good tips

You do make me laugh. usually for the wrong reasons but thank you. Keep it up mate.

Brilliant tips Ben, awesome, thanks 🙏

Great video!

Very fun and informative video!

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What a ham 😁 Thanx for the tips and the pallet idea- a good one! I do wonder what kind of file you use when sharpening the tools? My whetstone is pretty awkward for the tight spaces. Do have happy, healthy holiday season. Gotta love the family, friends and fans too! A blessed Christmas to all 🇺🇸✨🇺🇸

What pampered tools you have!🌳🤩

merry Christmas mate and a happy new year

10:52 Narcissus in His Garden Shed 😉

Yes Ben iv got a tool for you to have a look at it is a soil miller wolf tools amazing

Did you recently replace or cleaning your cold frame glass there!? What do you clean it with, please? This video: so useful! Thank you!

Love the pallet rack idea! TY Merry Christmas!

If you can get gun oil then your onto a winner, not only does it lubricate, it also stops rust, I won't get a wooden handle for a trowel anymore as I've broken two now and both times the woods split.

Only fools & horses joke in there 😂 Yeh I know that one, it's a funny joke that is!! Love the vid.

wiping tools down with wax paper will help prevent rust