No one tool will do it all and most are used because of the type of limb, branch or shoot being trimmed. Some popular pruning tools that would be used by the casual gardener are: Bypass pruners These are best used for small branches, no bigger than 1/2″ in size. Most small plants...
I’ve been an amateur gardenerextraordinairefor the past few years. I have a few simple rules. If it’s going in the ground, then it has to be a perennial. Getting down on my knees isn’t as easy as it used to be so I use waist-high planters and various containers for my annual...
large neglected one. Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. Too much shading results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible, the garden should be near the house so the gardener can work in it at odd moments...