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Comments (21)Ken, I use a pole pruner several times a week and have for years. Of course living in a temperate rainforest with a garden full of trees, the need for one becomes apparent right away. One mistake most people make is reaching up, holding the pole above their head. No, when sawing, try to keep your hands at chest height. Extend the pole to achieve this. You will last a lot longer. Getting up on a ladder and cutting is what you see on America's Funniest Videos. I prefer to use a pole pruner on cloudy days. Not hard to do here. :-) Looking up in the sun, trying to make a cut, is not fun. I have gone through a lot of pole pruners over the years. Fiskars is the one I'm most happy with. As far as a chainsaw on a stick......naw. I don't see the need for it. Don't get me wrong, I have two chainsaws and use them regularly, but not for pruning. Here's a Red Alder I just cut down. The wood turns orange for a few days after it's cut. Notice the Western Red Cedar, Thuja plicata, have been 'skirted'. I did it with a pole pruner. I do have one electric hedge trimmer. (Whoops! Shearer) I use it to shear my "Croc" several times during the summer. It's the only job I do with it. Sumpthin' bit off a few toes. I don't know what it was, but I know it musta been big. Pruning and shearing are two different methods. They require different tools. Depending on the type of pruning, you need the appropriate tool as outlined above. I'll take a hand tool over a gas or electric powered tool in the garden anytime. As a side note, A friend of mine was kidding me about shearing my Crocagtor with an electric 'trimmer'. He wanted to use his gas powered one. I let him do it. He screwed up the Croc so bad I can't show a recent picture. Again, the proper tool for the job is most important. Mike...See MoreTools for Cutting a small shrubby tree
Comments (8)If I were to cut that tree down I'd use a sawzall type saber saw with a quality 12 inch pruning blade. It's almost as efficient as an electric chain saw but easier to control. Less likely to grab or throw something harsh because it reciprocates rather than spins. I'd then cut it flush with the ground using the saber saw. Just lay the saw on its side and slice along the dirt. Removing the dirt somewhat beforehand with a hose with a jet type sweeper nozzle would maybe help to get the wood more exposed to help avoid trying to slice through flint rocks. At the most, I'd destroy a ten dollar blade; nothing more would be needed in equipment or disposables. Then I'd cover it with manure or fertilizer (nitrogen sources) and a low mound of soil, and the little stump would be gone in a year or two, depending on how moist it was kept. Some people say this doesn't work, but it does for me. Reliably. BTW: Harbor Fright has a 6 amp recip saw on sale right now (Item #65570) for $29, and that's a nearly throwaway price....See Moreremoving trees from root-pruning pots-do you have to cut the pot?
Comments (13)hairmetal - do you mind sharing the name of the nursery in Purcellville? BTW - went to Susanna Farms for the first time in donkey's years. OMG they are expensive. But being in MoCo like that, I can't really blame them. Charge what the market will bare. Oddly they had some wierd bargains that almost felt like they'd forgotten to add a 0 to a price. Unfortunately they were too big to fit in my car, like a nice Juniperus rigida pendula, that I think was only $79. It was huge. I really wanted to get something but just couldn't hold my nose tightly enough. I can understand pricing something like a showy Japanese maple high. But they had some little Trochodendrons that were no more than 20" high. Sure they are slow growing when small...but $120? Who's going to buy that? At that size they are about the most anonymous, bland, broad leaved evergreens imaginable. They look like scrounged up bunches of English Ivy. I maybe could have gone up to $65 out of the kindness of my heart, but, $120? Nope. But if they get rich suckers from Potomac to pay those prices, good for them. They do have a nice selection of what I'd call the standard upscale plants...which is getting harder and harder to find. For example also took a quick walk 'round Merrifield's Merrifield location (haha), was disappointed with their selection of similar stuff. If it's showy and marketable, like the Encore Azaleas, they make room for it. Otherwise, overall a more utilitarian, albeit slightly less expensive, selection. And still heavily pushing Leyland Cypresses which is a questionable business practice IMHO. This post was edited by davidrt28 on Wed, Oct 16, 13 at 23:46...See MorePie cutting tool
Comments (18)Kate, I finally managed to take a few pics of the set I was talking about. I could do without the monogram, but... smiles, it was a present. I think if you check a nice department store you'll find some interesting sets, some which might be geared towards weddings but certainly some meant to last forever. A few pics of some of my cake servers and the set. closeup of the handles Boy, that table needs a good cometizing..lol. The server with the stains is a rescue. It was only a dime and I felt sorry for it. LOL. I should try bleaching the poor thing....See Moresewpenguin
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