Tips, tips, tips

Tips the Garden Maven picked out from About.com: Gardening:

Gardening Tip of the Week
Keep you garden tools clean and rust free by keeping a bucket of sand handy. Brush off excess soil, then plunge your tool into the sand. The sand alone will scrub your tool clean. You can add a bottle of oil to your bucket of sand to lubricate and protect your tool. Many people use old motor oil. I like to use a coo king oil, but this isn't practical if you're bucket is accessible to wildlife.