Preventing Rust and Maintaining Your Garden Tools

By ThriftyFun.com

Here's a list of tips to help keep your garden tools in good condition.

- Clean your tools well after every use.

- Store your tools somewhere dry and off the ground.

- Keep a towel where you store your tools so you can dry them off before you store them.

- Before you put tools away for the winter, put some linseed oil on wood handles and apply WD40 to the metal.

- Sand wood handles when they get rough, to prevent splintering.

- Sharpen shovels with a file when they get dull.

- If you have a rusty tool, remove the rust with a metal brush.