pruner
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Corona Tools, a Corona, Calif., business for nearly 100 years, introduced its pocket pruner last year.
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
He was the only statesman of whom Demosthenes stood in awe; who was accustomed to say, when Phocion rose, "Here comes the pruner of my periods."
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
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
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
Disinfect pruners and planting pots and containers with a solution of one-part household bleach and ten-parts water.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
He had his gloves and Great-Uncle Jim’s special pruners.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
