I bought a dremel last summer when I was working on my edgers. I wanted to make the ceramic tiles look like flower petals. The dremel didn't work or it would have taken forever & I was going to take it back & DH said to keep it. Ha! I went back & bought a grinder $30 at Home Depot when making sand cast cement leaves. They have different grinding wheels for whatever you are grinding. I bought a wheel for cement for $5.00 & used it all summer on my cement leaves & it's still going strong. A grinder would definately take off the footers with no problem because it is powerful. Wouldn't take but a minute. I even would hold a leaf & use the grinder with my other hand. You would love this tool. Grinders come in different size wheels. I bought the 4" wheeled grinder. DH gave me a safety lesson before I was allowed to use the grinder. I have to wear the safety glasses & gloves when I use the grinder. I use the glasses but not always the gloves. Yes it would get dusty. I do my leaves outside on the ground. Somewhere someone sold my name. I am getting all kinds of tool magazines being sent to me. I had one that wanted me to test tools for them, do a survey, & then I get to keep the tools. Of course I said yes! ROFL!!! Here is a link that might be useful: Tools

Momsgirl2 it wasn't me that asked but I am curious, I just got a Dremel and was wondering about the diamond blade if it works or not, I haven't bought the blade yet, at lowe's they are $14.00, I didn't see any at our walmart. firemansmom

Hi Glass-Addiction, it's nice to have you join the forum. You'll meet some wonderful folks here. I'm sorry I can't help you but did want to welcome you. You might be able to do a "search" on the first page of the forum as it opens up - look for the "white" search box near the top and type in "cutting tea cups" - anyone who has posted something on that subject will come up and you can search those msgs. Again, welcome to the forum. Sal

tlbean, your goal while a plant is rooting is to reduce the surface area of evapotranspiration. It is always recommended to eliminate some of the leaves and to cut larger leaves in half. Many novices make the cuttings too long, as well. That makes it hard on a plant. Next time, eliminate the rooting in water step and root your cuttings directly in the potting medium.