The toolkit
Garden toolkit
The tools and supplies our guides call for in garden, each with the guides that use it. The links search Amazon.co.uk so you can compare what’s available — we don’t recommend particular products.
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Garden 19 items
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Biological control nematodes (optional)
Used in: How to protect plants from slugs and snails
Search Amazon for slug nematodes -
Canes or tomato supports and soft garden twine
Used in: How to grow tomatoes
Search Amazon for garden canes and twine -
Cloches or bottle collars to protect seedlings (optional)
Used in: How to protect plants from slugs and snails
Search Amazon for plant cloche -
Compost bin (many councils sell them at a discount)
Used in: How to make compost at home
Search Amazon for compost bin 330 litre -
For pots: peat-free multi-purpose compost and horticultural grit
Used in: How to plant spring bulbs
Search Amazon for horticultural grit -
Gardening gloves
Used in: How to plant spring bulbs
Search Amazon for gardening gloves -
Half-moon edging iron or spade
Used in: How to repair bare patches in a lawn
Search Amazon for half moon lawn edger -
Heated propagator (optional)
Used in: How to grow tomatoes
Search Amazon for heated propagator -
High-potassium liquid tomato feed
Used in: How to grow tomatoes
Search Amazon for tomato feed -
Kitchen caddy for peelings
Used in: How to make compost at home
Search Amazon for kitchen compost caddy -
Lawn mower (rotary or cylinder)
Used in: How to mow a lawn
Search Amazon for cordless lawn mower -
Lawn seed suited to your lawn (shady, hard-wearing or fine)
Used in: How to repair bare patches in a lawn
Search Amazon for lawn seed -
Long-handled edging shears
Used in: How to mow a lawn
Search Amazon for long handled edging shears -
Loppers or pruning saw for old stems
Used in: How to prune hydrangeas; How to prune roses
Search Amazon for garden loppers -
Peat-free seed compost and multi-purpose compost, or grow bags
Used in: How to grow tomatoes
Search Amazon for peat free compost -
Sharp bypass secateurs
Used in: How to prune hydrangeas; How to prune roses
Search Amazon for bypass secateurs -
Thick, thorn-proof gardening gloves
Used in: How to prune roses
Search Amazon for rose pruning gloves gauntlet -
Topsoil or lawn top dressing
Used in: How to repair bare patches in a lawn
Search Amazon for lawn top dressing -
Trowel or bulb planter
Used in: How to plant spring bulbs
Search Amazon for bulb planter