High-Quality Garden Tools FARM HOME Miscellaneous Soon it will be time to start digging in the garden again Here are three companies that make high-end tools that make the work easier and more enjoyable Made in the U S is important to OHSAY USA www ohsayusa com which sells 15 garden products such as hand-forged cultivators and trowels with hickory wood handles and hammered by a master blacksmith from saw steel They also offer stainless steel potting scoops with serrated edges to cut through roots Prices range from $30-$40 Celtic Farm www thecelticfarm com sells only products they would use for their own flower-growing business Well-crafted with hardwood handles and made with sturdy stainless steel and leather loops for hanging tools can be purchased in sets for $44 or purchased individually As a bonus the tools are tucked in an attractive burlap bag ready to gift to a gardener and for storage Cutco www cutco com has built a reputation on its American-made kitchen cutlery and it also carries a line of garden tools Though the tools are imported they are covered by Cutco’s “Forever Guarantee ” including free sharpening customer pays shipping Tools are made with heat-treated carbon and stainless steel with handles that are glass-reinforced polypropylene and covered with thermoplastic elastomer Trowels $33 and $35 have semi-sharp pointed tips and engraved measurements to plant at the right depth A 3-piece set $95 includes a trowel weeder and cultivator

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