Sorting
out your garden in Autumn Gardening
We
are almost at the end of Summer and it is already
time to prepare for those Autumn gardening jobs
such as lawn care, cutting and trimming roses
or shrubs, the pruning and lopping of large shrubs
and trees all in preparation of the Winter shut
down. I have a good selection of top quality brand
named garden tools in the shop to help with your
gardening for all seasons under the following
sections :
Loppers
- there is an array of different loppers on
the market today but each is designed for a specific
task. A tough woody thick stem will require a
heavy duty geared anvil lopper. These are really
too heavy to handle those smaller thin fleshy
stems which should be tackled with a lightweight
by-pass scissor action cutting blade. These by-pass
loppers give a clean cut and avoid the crushing
of stems. However, sometimes you just simply need
to get some leaverage in to cut through those
thicker branches. A geared action mechanism in
a heavy duty lopper is ideal. The better the quality
of steel, the longer the sharp edge will keep,
so the more expensive the lopper, usually the
better quality tempered and hardened higher carbon
quality steel you get. The Sorby & Hutton
loppers are more expensive, but you get what you
pay for .. they are excellent. For trees and taller
shrubs use a tree lopper, tree pruner or pruning
saw. A tree lopper can extend to 3.5 metres and
will save you having to use a ladder and risk
falling off. There are telescopic tree pruners
and sectioned jointed aluminium tree loppers both
designed to saw or cut using a ratchet or pulley
rope system. when using your pruning saw, first
cut under the branch then saw off from above.
This will prevent ripping the bark of as the branch
falls off (watch out from above !).
Pruners
- for small scale cutting and trimming, I
have included a range of top quality anvil pruners
and traditional by-pass secateurs. My best advice
is to choose on size and action. If you are needing
accurate cuts on delicate stems, then choose a
by-pass scissor action pruner. Alternatively for
heavier duty work on tougher stems, choose an
anvil action pruner. If you have a weakness in
your hand, then choose a ratchet pruner or geared
action pruner and finally if you are left handed,
then select a left handed pruner which has been
designed for your needs. Left handed secateurs
are available in most of the range, but Felco
pruners are particularly recommended. Please note
that I now stock most of the Felco pruners which
are Swiss made precision pruners used by most
of the serious professional gardeners of today.
Felco pruners are made from very high quality
steel and retain their cutting edge. Felco pruners
have replaceable components which are readily
available. Felco pruners are amongst the best
pruners you can but ... go on ... treat yourself
! By the way, there is no difference between a
pruner and a secateur, however, you can prune
but you can't secateur !
Lawn
Care - in this section I have included the
lawn care tools needed for those autumn jobs such
as lawn aerator, lawn spiker and lawn sweeper,
or leaf sweeper. Most are from the Sorby &
Hutton range which are British made to very high
specifications and should last you a long time.
Lawn spiker and aerator tools are designed to
open up the lawn to allow air to enter. This is
an important process for maintaining your lawn
free and helps with drainage and allows for back
filling with sand and autumn lawn feed. Make sure
that you sweep up those leaves using the lawn
sweeper and keep your Sorby & Hutton garden
tools well maintained.
Hedge
Trimming
As
well as pruning and secateur(ing) your shrubs
and trees, now is your final chance to cut and
trim those hedges.Hedge trimming should not be
left too late or the frosts will get into freshly
cut stems and kill them back. I do not stock electric
power tools only the hand held traditional hedging
shears for hedge trimming and hedge cutting. Again
look for high quality tempered steel blades which
will keep your hedging shears sharp for longer.
Living in the UK ? - If you live in the
UK - you can buy garden tools from my affiliate
site as below - brackets ( ) indicate number of
garden tools available per category - so there
are plenty to choose from :
Knives (20) Shredders (18) Grass trimmers
(102) Lawn mowers (81) Rakes (51) Axes (61) Bulb
planters (3) Edging irons (15) Loppers (57) Spades
(41) Hand Forks/Trowels (76) Lawn scarifiers (18)
Scythes& hooks (6) Tree pruners (9) Chain
saws (74) Hedge trimmers (9) Log splitters (3)
Secateurs (99) Watering hose & accessories
(50) Garden shears (5) Shredders (9) Spreaders
(3) all from Wilkinson Sword, Wolf, Spear &
Jackson and other top makes.
Happy
Summer Gardening for all seasons in a garden for
all seasons.
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