I need my trowel and mini cultivator. I use them often to plant annuals and to weed sections etc. I'd be lost without them. I like garden fiskars too for small clipping and also hand pruners for shrub pruning. Hedge trimmers for bushes. It's easy to get carried away with tools to make jobs easier, but I think you can get away with a shovel, rake, water source, and something to trim bushes/shrubs.