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How to Sharpen a Pruning Saw
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
Use pruning saws for removing larger limbs and branches. While there are several types of pruning saws, all have a toothed, saw blade. Keeping the toothed blade sharp is tedious, but it's easy - and very important. Here's what to do.
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Types of Pruning Saws
by Brenda Christian
The pruning saw is a very useful gardening tool used for trimming tree and bush branches with a diameter of more than 1 3/4 in. Normally the blade is curved with the teeth designed to cut on the pull stroke. They are easy to use with one hand.
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How to Fold a Pruning Saw
by Scott Calonico
Pruning saws are specially made to cut through tree branches smoothly and efficiently. Unlike standard shop saws, they're also made to fit in the smallest of places. By getting into some good habits every time you fold your pruning saw, you will keep it in top shape for pruning every season.
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Gardening with Hand Saws
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Stan DeFreitas
Hand saws, or pruning saws, will help you trim a garden and keep plants looking nice. Learn about gardening with hand saws from an award-winning horticulturist in this free home landscaping video.
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How to Use a Tree Pole Trimmer
by LReynolds
Ever wonder how your neighbor keeps his trees so neat? He probably uses a pole tree trimmer--a pruning saw (and frequently a branch lopper) attached to a long pole. These handy tools are available at most hardware stores. Unless you have ancient trees that require a bucket truck, keeping them pruned properly and tidying up after wind storms can be a fairly easy and inexpensive proposition.
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How to Use a Folding Garden Saw
by GreenGardenChic
Garden pruning is so much easier if you have the right tools. This folding saw deserves to be in your tool collection. It’s a light weight hand tool that is as versatile as it is durable. The blade locks into place for cutting and folds away for safety. Here are some suggestions for get the most use out of your folding pruning saw.
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How to Prune Wild Roses
by Lyndsey Hawkins
Wild roses are the living ancestors of all roses. Lovers of the outdoors commonly see wild roses growing and blooming on the plains, in the mountains and throughout the entire world. Wild roses are gorgeous, colorful, easy to care for and prolific; they are also formidable opponents when you start waving your pruning saw around. There is a reason they are called wild--maybe they should be called "man eating."
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How to Remove a Dead or Diseased Tree Limb
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
Dead, diseased and injured branches affect more than a tree's appearance. They can fall and injure people or property, or spread diseases to other plants in the garden. If the limb is high off the ground or so large that you'd need power equipment to prune it, call a professional arborist. Otherwise, get out your pruning saw and proceed as follows. You can remove diseased or damaged limbs at any time without harming the tree, but the wound will heal fastest if you prune before spring growth begins.
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How to be a Garden Coach
by Jan Goldfield
A garden coach is somewhere between a landscape architect, a landscaper and a therapist. The garden coach is hired by a homeowner who wants a garden or has one she is unhappy with. Usually, there are two homeowners involved. One half of the couple is probably the gardener and the other is the non-gardener who must dragged into the garden kicking and screaming. The couple usually wants a garden that looks as if it came from a photo in a magazine, but that same couple also wants to do little or no garden maintenance. The garden coach has to be a couples therapist, learn what the expectations of the homeowners are and decide what is realistic for them. The garden coach must check soils, know the plant palette available for the region, for that garden and for the couples' wishes. That must be tempered by the couple's abilities and desire to work in their garden. The garden coach must work with every kind of gardener, from the ones who don't know a pruning saw from hedge clippers to the exp
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How to Prune Peach Trees in California
by Larry Parr
California peach trees should be pruned every year. Most people prune in late winter before leaves appear, but in California many orchards are now pruning in the summer.Peaches set fruit on the previous year's growth. This means that, as much as possible, you want to leave last year's growth intact, especially along the outside of the tree's canopy. Large branches should seldom be cut on a California peach tree, and if they are cut do not cut them right at the trunk--instead, cut them at a nodule away from the trunk.Always prune dead wood and diseased branches.Pruning shears, loppers and pruning saws should be soaked in rubbing alcohol between trees or rubbed down with bleach and then rinsed with water to prevent the spread of disease.
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