{"id":387,"date":"2007-02-15T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/02\/15\/my-favorite-gardening-tools\/"},"modified":"2010-10-01T22:18:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T02:18:41","slug":"my-favorite-gardening-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/02\/15\/my-favorite-gardening-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite gardening tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Name your favorite gardening tools?<\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite, don&#8217;t go into the garden without them, tools are my Felco pruners.   If I walk outside my back or front door you can be sure the pruners are in my hand or at least resting on the steps easily ready for me when I need them.  I always need them BTW. <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I often also have a pair of scissors handy &#8211; left handed ones of course, and some plastic green garden ribbon \/ tape, or velcro ties. <\/p>\n<p> I like a tidy garden, so snipping and pruning are chores that often take place even when I only mean to go outside and wander through the garden for a quick peek at what&#8217;s blooming that day.  Therefore my bamboo stakes are in a handy area of my &#8220;under the back porch&#8221; storage area. <\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>One other tool that is almost always nearby when step into the garden is my hand trowel.  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