Care and Sharpening of Your Gardening Tools
Sean Rustemeyer
Learn the basics for cleaning and sharpening your own tools.
The workshop will focus on the techniques and products needed to care for pruning tools – secateurs, shears, loppers – and will also cover digging and weeding tools.
Sean will present a PowerPoint slideshow followed by a live demonstration on a variety of tools.
There will also be time for Q&A and to come up and check out the various sharpening supplies.
Sean Rustemeyer is the owner of Soil ‘N Green Landscaping based in Nanaimo, B.C. www.soilngreen.com
His company uses ecological practices such as working with zero emission battery powered equipment, installing native plant gardens that promote biodiversity and gardening without the use of synthetic pesticides. Sean is a graduate of Gaia College and recently completed the Master Pruner Program through Plant Amnesty in Seattle, Washington.
Details on sharpening supplies:
Sean will have some rust erasers available for sale at the workshop ($20 each). And if you would like to purchase a complete sharpening kit from the Gardener’s Kit, you can pre-order them and he will also deliver those at the workshop. Send Sean an email at sean@soilngreen.com and let him know if you would like a kit.
Each kit contains four items: a whetstone, an abrasive cleaning block (or rust eraser), camellia oil, and a wicking oil dispenser. The kits are $78 plus tax and you can look them up at the following link: Gardener’s Kit Victoria
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