Hedges never really went out of style in my neighborhood, where some are so perfectly shaped they look as if they'd been trimmed with manicure scissors. Poke a finger between the leaves of some of ...

With summer on the horizon, you’re probably taking inventory of your gardening tool supply, including hand pruners. Also called pruning shears, they’re one of the most important pieces of equipment ...

Fiskars' steel bypass pruner has comfort grips, a sap groove that helps keep blades from sticking and a lifetime warranty. Fiskars bypass pruner model 9101, $13.99, Fred Meyer stores with garden ...

As any homeowner knows, even the most beautiful, professionally landscaped yards require regular maintenance. Luckily, when it comes to freshening up your greenery, the best pruning shears make it ...

Though they resemble household scissors, hand pruners are made to cut through stems, shrubs, and branches instead of paper ...

Even when all other factors are equal, women have 40 percent less upper-body strength than men. So how do you design garden tools that can be used with equal satisfaction by a 30-year-old man and his ...

Celery's fine structure showed how cleanly a blade could cut. Twine and chicken wire dispensed abuse.Precision: Clean cuts help plants heal. We snipped celery and shrubs--then peered closely.