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Summary: Do you love gardening? Then along with the plants, start taking care of your gardening tools as well. Read on to know how. If you take a walk in the neighbourhood all across Mornington Peninsula, you will not see a single backyard or front yard without any patch, container or pot with something growing inside it. However, in most cases, we pay a lot of attention to the plants but forget about the tools used to grow them. A healthy garden needs regular maintenance and for that, you need to take care of the trowels, spades, shovels which undergo a lot of wear and tear especially during the growing season. And for overall care, you must get in touch with any garden maintenance company offering services like mulching, trimming, pruning or lawn mowing in Mornington Peninsula. Here, we have put together some easy tips for maintaining your gardening tools. Keeping them Safe Buying the tools from the best stores of gardening in Mornington Peninsula is not enough; you also have to know how to keep them safe. It might seem convenient to leave your gardening tools outside in the garden as you will again need them next day but don’t be lazy and keep them under a cool shade or a garage, away from the sun, rain and wind. Outdoor storage can roughen, warp, split or crack the tools or cause it to rot over time. An ideal place for storing your gardening tools would be one which protects them from the weather but also allows air circulation. Keeping them Clean Soil contains moisture and so encourages rust. So, you must wash off the soil on the tools or scrape it off with a putty knife before putting them away. You can use a rag with a small amount of turpentine if required in order to remove plant sap and resins from the tools. Then, dry them, the metal and wooden parts in particular, with an absorbent rag. This will also be helpful in preventing bits of seeds, weed roots or soil-borne diseases from spreading from one area to another. Keeping them Disease Free Have you been working with diseased plant materials? Then, you must absolutely soak your cleaned tools for five minutes or so in a half rubbing alcohol and half water solution. This will kill all the germs before you dry and store them somewhere. Keeping them Sharp You should never wait to sharpen your tools until they are absolutely dull. Sharpened tools make gardening easier, faster and even better. Soft steel tools like hoes, axes and shovels or ones with larger blades like your lawn mower, a single cut mill bastard file with a handle are the best solution. And for the ones like hand pruner, made of a harder steel, go for a small pocket whetstone as they don’t quite yield well to files. Pampering the Metal Parts In order to keep the tools in a good condition, most maintenance services on gardening in Mornington Peninsula suggest that you should take care of the metal parts. Apart from the ones made with stainless steel which is immune to it, you should provide your metal tools with a thin oil coating which will prevent rust. So, don’t forget to keep a can of linseed oil in your tool shed. So, wait no more. If you love gardening, start taking care of your tools. For the best guidance and advice on gardening, immediately contact a garden maintenance service which is expert at pruning, trimming, edging, green waste removal or lawn mowing in Mornington Peninsula. Author Bio: Bill Adams, a lifestyle blogger here, shares with us some easy tips for maintaining the tools of gardening Mornington Peninsula. He also suggests contacting a garden maintenance service expert at trimming, pruning or lawn mowing Mornington Peninsula.
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