Whats been the most waste of money tool you've got?

I made the mistake years ago of buying a bulb planter,
The sort that opens when you press the ends of the handle,
Not only will it not drop the soil its collected but it also needs washing out after each soil collection,

Whats your wasted garden tool?

 

If we're talking hand tools, I have to admit that I find this tool with the tapered and forked end is worthless. And the shaft is ergonomically bent to it's at a weird angle.

 

The thing for punching cores of soil out of your lawn so you could replace them by something grittier. There was only a nanosecond every year when the clay wasn't so soggy that the holes seemed to close immediately or so dry that it had turned to concrete.

 

Oh definitely the husband Expensive to maintain, difficult to start and becoming more ineffective by the year

 

All mine earn their keep, even if they end up not doing the job they were designed for.

 

Stainless steel digging forks, the tines break of really easily if you hit a stone.

 

A tenner in a sale, still hanging in the shed within its packaging.

 

As I am new to gardening I haven’t invested in much but I will follow this wisely so I don’t make the same mistakes

 

I bought an electric chainsaw to deal with the cypress hedge. The plan was to do the job a bit at a time. Then we got a dog which was small enough to get through, and we had to get someone in to do the job quickly. Still never used it.

Also the new Bosch mower I got last year. Bosch tools have gone right downhill quality-wise over the past 10 years or so - not buying any more of them.

 

Are you folk reading my mind! Last back end I clearly put my trusty trowel and fork in a very safe place. Yep, they have vanished and as they are the only tools I can use because of disability.... I am going to have to bite the bullet and make my pension eke out. I know; as soon as I do that they will reappear.. OR manage with the serrated kitchen spoon? Off to find a website as we are in isolation out here now.

 

Probably my bow saw. I only say this as I bought it to saw down hawthorn that had grown too big. Started off with one of the smaller trees and, after 10 minutes of sawing, gave up. Trip to the local garden machinery shop, chainsaw bought, hawthorn cut to size. Its not a bad tool, just the wrong tool for that job.

 

Just wasted another hour of my life and energy I cannot spare searching for that hand trowel and fork to no avail. Sitting abed with tears flowing; FED UP!

I QUIT!