Sooner or later you’ll probably need to take off a tree limb to repair storm damage or to keep from hitting your head as you mow the grass. Always make three cuts — an undercut to prevent peeling, a cut to remove the heavy branch and a smooth final cut that leaves the branch collar.
Dull pruners making cutting back trees and shrubs a real chore? Sharpen those blades with the handy Pruner Sharpener, at right!
Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work in the garden. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.
Your rake is the go-to tool for spring cleaning. For ground cover perennials that spread quickly, like lamb’s ear, the fastest cleanup is a vigorous once-over with a rake.
With its huge repertoire of songs and calls, the brown thrasher is a wonderful songbird to have in your garden.
