pruner
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You can also check out your local hardware store for Corona Tools’ BP13630, a.k.a. the Yard Essentials pocket pruner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
“I’m the laborer,” he says, though Dina is quick to point out he’s the garden’s master pruner.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015
At the third winter pruning, however, the formation of the head commences, and the pruner determines whether it shall be vase-formed or fan-shaped.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
To harvest, wait until after the first light frost, which will sweeten their flavor, then pull hips off the plant or clip them using scissors or pruners.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Sharp pruners and snips and multipurpose weeding tools, such a hori hori knife, make garden chores easier.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
I get such a rash from tomato foliage that in addition to using pruners, I wear gloves and long sleeves when tending to the plants.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022
Use a clean pair of pruners to cut about a quarter-inch below the node at a 45-degree angle.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
Everybody came out—hay farmers, clerks, merchants, fishermen, crabbers, carpenters, loggers, net weavers, truck farmers, junk dealers, real estate brigands, hack poets, ministers, lawyers, sailors, squatters, millwrights, cedar rats, teamsters, plumbers, mushroom foragers, and holly pruners.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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