The Elusive Pruners
What's your preference- anvil or by-pass pruners?
As for me, I like by-pass pruners, but it's not necessarily the brand I care about. I own Felco's, Fiskars, Corona, store brands, no-names, and free giveaways. It's nice if they're sharp, but it's better if I can find them!
A lot of them end up in the kitchen, being deposited there when making cuttings for arrangements or thrown on the counter and forgotten when I come inside for a water break. Inside the house, there's a basket by every doorway leading to the great outdoors containing gardening paraphernalia. Then again, a collection of gardening tools always ends up under the overhang of the front entrance porch. Of course, some of my pruners have ended up in the garden just waiting for me to find them! Lastly, I must not forget the hand pruner that's supposed to stay in the car! You never know when you'll need your pruners!
I guess I should be thankful that my husband has turned the garage into a woodworking shop that's off limits to anything related to gardening or I'd be forever searching in there. Of course, there's the shed, but I really don't know what's buried there. It was supposed to be dedicated to my gardening stuff, but somehow my husband's odds and ends like power washers, discarded wire shelving, antifreeze and fence poll diggers have been finding their way into my shed! Not to mention any extra tools that he doesn't need, but doesn't want to get rid of. Honestly, he has a whole four car garage for his junk!
So instead of pulling my hair out, I've discovered a good alternative- a kitchen scissors will do in a pinch if you can't get your hands on the elusive pruners!
Disclosure: I have a tool bucket that I carry around in the garden. In it there is usually a pruners- not!
Why didn’t anyone laugh at the gardener’s jokes?
Because they were too corny.
Because they were too corny.