Even if you didn't know it yet you need a side grinder and maybe even a pair of them. They are cheap, about $20.00 from Harbor freight and it is good to keep a pair as one can have a wire cup for cleaning and polishing your hoes and shovels before you sharpen and oil them in preparation for putting them away for the season. Sharpen shovels from the front and hoes from the back. There is little else you can do which can take as much of the labor out of working dirt as having sharp tools. Coat the shovels and hoes with used motor oil before putting them away in the fall and they will stay smooth and shiny for many years to come. The acid in the used oil leaches into the pours of the metal further protecting it. Keep a little used oil and an old paint brush in a coffee can and you will be ready to take care of those yard and garden tools.
Dale in the Flatlands. "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous."
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