Experts say a few simple tools can carry you through your first growing season — and some popular items aren’t worth the money.

Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash. The hedging shears with ergonomic grips. The battery-powered weed pullers.

Not all lawn weeds behave the same way. Some develop over the winter months then erupt into bloom as the weather warms.

Martha Stewart's fresh advice landed just before we venture into the garden this springtime – armed with these exact tools from QVC ...