First thing in the spring, every spring, you need to maintain your lawn and garden equipment. A lawn mower that doesn’t work is no better than a boat anchor. The first thing to check is the gas tank. If you’ve left gas in your tank over winter, even with something like Sta-Bil in it to [...]

I’ve had these gloves for several years. And the fact is I never used to wear gloves when I worked. But I find as I get older that the protection from the environment, of gloves, is well worth it. Fact of the matter though is, as I look for gloves I find that they’re not [...]

The branch is attached to the trunk. But they’re separate and they’re joined at a place called the collar. This is the swollen area where the branch attaches. Our objective is to remove the branch without damaging the trunk or the collar. So we want to make our pruning cut right in here. In order [...]