LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – It's never too late to get started on the right foot when gardening and landscaping. And it’s always best to have some go-to tools on-hand.

Jeff Wallitsch of Wallitsch Gardens said these are the tools you’ll need:

  • A good pair of pruners is number one. It can be used for small trees, shrubs, and plants.
  • It needs to have a sharp blade to make clean cuts. That way the plant can heal better. A dull blade will make jagged cuts, which can lead to disease and insects getting inside the plant.
  • Same rules go for loppers, which are used for larger trees and shrubs.
  • When buying pruning tools, look at the measurements on it. It will tell you the thickness it can cut.
  • A three-in-one tool is beneficial to have on hand. One example is the Hori Hori, a Japanese gardening tool that includes a garden knife, digger, and weeder all in one.
  • A hand trowel is great for weeding and planting bulbs or small annuals and perennials.
  • A spade shovel is best for planting trees and shrubs opposed to a rounded shovel.

“So the rounded shovel is good to get all the loose dirt out of the hole. This [spade] is going to make it where you’re going to be able to make that hole and kind of loosen up the soil,” Wallitsch said.

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