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
Use sharp snips or bypass pruner to make a clean cut that looks tidy and closes up quickly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Her mother works as a gardener and pruner in the Washington area.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2018
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015
A good tree pruner has to be a bit of an architect.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton
The problem is, my sturdy 1-inch pruners are bulky in my pocket and tiring to use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
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
Use sharp, clean pruners to take 1-foot-long, pencil-width cuttings from the ends of branches.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 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
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
