Garden tools can sustain a lot of wear and tear during the growing season, so cleaning and maintaining them is essential if you want your tools to last. While it may be tempting to wait until spring ...

Easy tips for cleaning your garden tools. Learn easy tips to clean your gardening tools to stop rust, prevent disease and give them longer life. Tom Butzler from Penn State Extension talks you through ...

Vinegar’s natural acidity helps loosen rust and dirt from your gardening tools with little to no effort. Regularly cleaning gardening tools prolongs their lifespan and minimizes cross-contamination.

We all know that double-dipping a chip in a shared guacamole bowl is rude. It's also unsanitary because you can transfer your bacteria to the communal bowl of dip. The same thing happens when you clip ...

For basic cleaning of gardening tools, use warm soapy water. This method works well for removing dirt and sap from surfaces.

Garden tools are an essential part of gardening. Without a good pair of pruners or a proper shovel, you won’t be able to do much gardening. These tools can also be quite expensive. Despite this, many ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Although cleaning garden tools regularly (preferably after every use) is ideal, tending to trusty blades and spades prior to ...

A dirty tool is not only potentially harmful to gardener, it can also spread diseases across plants and it makes every job in ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

Find out when and how to clean your garden tools to ensure peak performance for years to come. Garden tools can sustain a lot ...