Garden Tools Tip

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Its old John Seymour advice to do so, but please, everyone, do not be putting oil intended for or used by your engine into your ground, even indirectly.

Best thing to do is to buy decent tools and know how to use them. For spades and forks, if it is a wood handle, spend more time looking after the handle, Danish oil or what ever your favourite thing is. If you are getting over much soil stuck to a spade or a fork, just clean the worst off with what ever tool will do the job and the rest with a bit of rag if you must. As long as it is put away brushed off and dry, it will be fine enough.

Seriously, if you use a spade as much as it needs to be used and keep it cleanish and dry the rest of the time, the spade part will wear away rather than rust away. You might need a few handles, but seen plenty of spades do it over the years. Best onion spade is a very worked normal spade.