| class="googleright"> | | | | keep your cutting tools sharp, file the cutting edge |
| Pruning and maintaining your trees and plants in | | | | of the tool. Practice makes perfect. Even a badly |
| your garden is a gardenerâs ongoing | | | | sharpened tool is easier to use that a dull tool. To |
| duty. With such responsibility comes the care of | | | | make short work of your filing projects, install a |
| their tools. No matter what type of tool or tools | | | | vise on your workbench. With the tool securely |
| you own, quality and expensive or affordable, | | | | gripped by this second set of "hands" you'll be |
| they will need care. So how do you go about | | | | able to quickly and safely file the business end of |
| caring for your gardening tools? | | | | your tool. If you regularly file your tools, it will |
| To start, tools need to be sharp so that you can | | | | take but a few strokes to keep a fine sharp |
| use them effortlessly and so that they do not | | | | edge. |
| damage the tree or plant you are pruning. To | | | | |