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August 21, 2010

Tool time: snip, snip

Gardeners SupplyGardeners are forever being told that if they shear old foliage to just about ground level, they may get a second bloom.

This tool, from Gardener's Supply, is up to that task. It is a 6-inch version of the larger hedge shears that would be too big for the garden.

The added advantage? It comes with an interchangeable set of 4-inch grass clippers. Instead of squeezing handles over and over, you just push the button and go.

It is rechargeable and sells for $64.95. And it comes with an extension handle to save on your back. That sells for $24.95

Just click on the Gardener's Supply button on the right and order.

 

Posted by Susan Reimer at 7:00 AM | | Comments (2)
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I have had these clippers for several years now. I think it's a different brand name but identical in all other respects. These work! They will not cover all clipping/cutting chores but it's amazing how handy they are and how often you will use them. Work smarter, not harder...

I'm sold. I'm buyin' them. -- Susan

I have these..but I think they are too loud. I prefer my traditional pruners not because I like to work harder, but because for me, gardening is about inner peace...not loud noise.

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About Susan Reimer
Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.
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