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List of useless Gardening Tools

  1. Bulb Planters
  2. Weed Diggers - or Dandelion Diggers
  3. Small Gardening Rake from Lowe's
  4. Clippers from Fiskars

Do Bulb Planter Work?

No!
Most peoples gardening soil is too heavy and hard to be able to use a bulb planter even if you have strong wrists.If you have strong wrists you'll need a new bulb planter every year.
An auger drill bit attachement for your drill will do a better job, but you still need strong wrists, unless you start out with fluffy, loose soil. Also when you are using either a bulb planter or an auger drill bit on your drill, you are only planting one bulb at a time.
If you are planting bulbs in your lawn, then an auger attachment for your drill will do best. Just hangon to your drill.

Bulb Planter Prices

They start about $10 at places like Walmart - to $84.50 at Lee Valley.
They don't work unless you have perfect soil. If we had perfect soil we would using a trowel or our hands.

Where to Buy Bulb Planters

Mine were a gift. I think the kids and I use it once. :)
Bulb Planters are available at Canadian Tire, Walmart, Home Hardware, Homedepot, Lowe's and Lee Valley.

Weed Diggers like Dandelion Weeds

What a mess they make. It splits the roots most of the time and leaves holes everywhere. I still have them in the shed collecting dust. I either hand pull my weeds or use Herbicides.

Small Gardening Rake from Lowe's

I wanted a small rake to use in my raised beds.
Picked up this rake at Lowe's (about 1/2 size regular rake) tried it on my heavy clay soil and it feels like a kids toy. It's too light and I have to push it into the soil to get any work done. That was a time waster. Looks cute in the shed. :)

Pruners from Friskars

They just don't feel confortable. The edge on the handles are not smooth. Spring falls out too.
Now I have a nice pair of pruners that I bought when they were on sale.
I take it apart at the end of the growing season, clean it, sharpen it, oil it and it's a pleasure to use every year.

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