Story: Comparing Garden Tools
Episode: 12
Presenter: Neville Passmore
Air Date: 1 November 2025

Neville shows the essential tools every gardener needs to dig, prune, and weed like a pro!

• Spades are cutting tools for slicing through roots, turf, or soil, often long-handled to reduce bending. Shovels are for lifting and moving soil, mulch, or other materials, with short-handled versions for scraping.
• Transplanting spades are designed for delicate tasks, like cutting banana suckers, where strength is limited to prevent breaking the tool.
• From lawn pullers to aggressive hoes, weeders remove weeds at or below the root, ranging from gentle hand tools to near-industrial clearing power.
• Secateurs and scissors vary by task, Felco-style pruners for general use, cut-and-hold for harvesting flowers and fruit, and small pocket snips for light pruning or propagation.
• Tools like portable snips allow quick, on-the-go pruning, making spot tasks easier without needing full-size equipment.