Any experienced gardener can wax eloquently about their favorite tools—but ask three people, and you’ll likely get four answers. Your garden’s size and growing techniques and plants also affect what tools work best. Techniques and plant selection matter, too. Gardening veggies in no-till rows will need a different set of tools than a vertical garden of strawberries against a sunny fence. With those caveats in place, here’s the tools I’ve found useful in small, medium and large gardens. 

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