Care for wooden handles / metal business end

How do you all care for your garden tools? I try to not leave tools outside, but aside from that, I feel like I'm failing miserably at minimum care standards. I have a (very tiny) garden shed full of rusted pitchforks, shovels, and scythes. The scythes need to be de-rusted every spring before sharpening. The handles on all the tools are getting not great. I'll never have gleaming, amazing-looking tools, and that's fine. I want to help myself do the 20% maintenance that ensures 80% of the longevity of the tools. Looking for everyone's "this works for me" tricks - do you have a pail of oil on your sheds to wipe down shovels/blades at the end of the day? A special day once/twice a year to oil those handles? Magic self-maintaining tools? What's has worked for you / your neighbour / your grandad to keep those tools functional and robust? Tell me your secrets!!!

Howdy,
a bucket of sand that you can shove the digging end of shovels, forks, trowels etc., into, just like sanding. Maybe wire brush, to get the worst crud off. Years ago we even put used motor oil in it to help clean/coat the metal against rust, but I would use linseed or something not toxic.

I don't bother other than to scrape the mud off, Edged tools like scythes/bilhooks etc are kept in the house where it is dry or they would certainly rust over winter if left in the barn. but wooden handles get no care, If you were to look at my rakes and hoes you can see where they are wearing thin from use. they are going to wear to thin to use before they come to any harm from lack of care.  I also cannot see the point of sharpening spades here, our soil is about 1/7 stone (I've been sieving it for an asparagus bed, every 6 wheelbarrows of soil I get 1 of stones) a couple of meters of digging and it's blunt again and chipped.
Since gardening is my work I look at it this way, if I have to spend time caring for them then that has to cost less than a replacement tool/handle at 300dkk for a decent rake and 150dkk/h wage it just doesn't work out.

Every 2 or 3 years I lightly sand the handles on my tools and give them some lindseed oil.  Seems to work well.
Have had a couple of handles break on hoes and rakes but they were 20 plus years old.
I used to have a bucket of sand with motor oil in it that I would run the metal end of tools through to keep them from rusting, but since I have moved 3 years ago I have not gotten that going again.  I see very little rust on my tools now so might not continue that.
My tools stay outside all spring, summer and fall.  Winter they go in a shed.

For those of you interested in tool care as the title suggests "Care for wooden handles/metal"  There is a forum devoted to tool care where PEP BB (Badge Bits) can be earned just by taking some pictures while you clean the tools:

https://permies.com/f/400/pep-tool-care

PEG or poly ethylene glycol is used to treat gun stock. I have used it on antiques and oars. It soaks into the wood then replaces all the exposed spaces in the wood cells with it -- a bit like fluoride stains on teeth. So if you've got a handle that tries to stab you with splinters one time too many, consider this option. Mine came mail order as small pellets in a foot cube box.