With the way things are these days, I've been finding myself in the backyard more often. I hate spiders, creepy crawlers and insects in general, but I'm overcoming those fears little by little. I cover myself up pretty good. The last thing I need is Lyme Disease to go with Corona, gulolol.
Anyway, it's pruning time. Okay, was............ I'm a little late. Anyhow some tools I got last year that I finally got to try out.
https://www.arscorporation.jp/produc...ex.html?id=274
This is by far the best of the best of the best, as far as pruners go. I purchased it on Amazon. Shipped from Japan. I had this massive rose bush that had been neglected for ten years? It's in the corner of the property that is not visited by anybody. The branches were anywhere from 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inches thick. This puppy cut through most of it like a hot knife through butter. I have half a dozen pruners from cheap to fairly expensive, including German and Swiss made pruners. The ARS outperformed them all. I know Felco's are very popular here (Swiss company), but the ARS pruner is as good or better. The pruner is like the "god hand" of the garden world. You really have to be careful with the blade being so sharp on these pruners. I mean really, really sharp.
Check out the full line of ARS gardening tools
https://www.arscorporation.jp/index.html
It's nice to have katana quality cutting tools for the garden. The only issue with ARS, is it is very hard to find. eBay or Amazon, or specialty wholesalers, like the Gardeners Co-op on Slocan near 26th Avenue? (not open to public).
I recently purchased a lopper made by ARS to cut branches off trees. Not disappointed with the purchase whatsoever. So smooth and effortless. It's so good I want to go into the neighbour's backyard to cut.............yeah, maybe not.
https://www.arscorporation.jp/produc...ex.html?id=138