Cost of Admission: Free for members; a $10 suggested donation for non-members

This is an in person event.

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Even the best garden tools wear down over time, especially those you use most frequently. The cut on your pruners may be getting ragged. Your once pristine shovel seems to be more difficult to push into the ground, or you may find your hoe in the losing battle with some weeds. Your tools need some TLC - that is, cleaning and sharpening - to restore their optimal functioning and prolong their life.

While some people use grindstones or heavy-duty equipment like angle or bench grinders, a simple hand file and other basic supplies frequently found around the house will usually do the trick. This presentation will review essential garden tools and will show you how to sharpen and care for garden shears, shovels, and other tools you’ve been ignoring in the back of the shed.

Richard Kilberg has been gardening in Red Hook, NY for the past 35 years or so, trying to keep up with two pretty substantial kitchen gardens, a small orchard, numerous flower beds – pond-side, terraced, arbored, etc. – and a woodlot. He also volunteers as a Master Gardener in Ulster County.