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
Her mother works as a gardener and pruner in the Washington area.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2018
“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
If no response be heard, it is considered that assent has been given, and then, after spitting three times, the pruner begins his cutting.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by James Napier
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
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
Use sharp pruners but first wipe the blades with rubbing alcohol to make sure you don’t spread any diseases from other plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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
