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It’s sharp to keep your garden tools maintained

Steel wool can be used to clean debris and remove rust from your favorite garden hand tools. Photo / Debra Heleba

December 30, 2025

By Benjamin Block

Keep those garden tools sharp friends. If you do, they can last over 30 years!

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This article’s tags: Ask a Master Gardener, UVM Extension Master Gardener Program, garden, tools