I have a pair as photo from allotment boy but they are a pain to use, the clip won't stay in place and locks the scissors when you don't want them locked. The spring clip had a habit of pinging off but the seller sent another with no quibble and it's fine now. I much prefer to use an old pair of dressmaking scissors
I use large old scissors for cutting the edge of the lawn when I'm weeding, or for cutting back things hanging over the grass or trimming dead iris leaves and smaller scissors for dead heading. I've never heard of gardening scissors. Are they different in any way?
Very different. By including the word 'Gardening' in the description they can increase the price and make more profit.
A nice wooden handle usually bumps up the price too, I find. Some of by most useful tools aren't gardening tools at all. A wallpaper scraper makes a great hand hoe.a slater's hammer is great for hacking at dry clay or levering out roots. And I have a great little plastic hand rake that's great for getting debris off the soil without damaging the plants and that cost me 99p. A cheese knife is great for getting the weeds out from between paving slabs.
A nice wooden handle usually bumps up the price too, I find. Some of by most useful tools aren't gardening tools at all. A wallpaper scraper makes a great hand hoe.a slater's hammer is great for hacking at dry clay or levering out roots. And I have a great little plastic hand rake that's great for getting debris off the soil without damaging the plants and that cost me 99p. A cheese knife is great for getting the weeds out from between paving slabs.
Is there a tool for splitting hostas and other herbaceous stuff better than a bread knife?
That tool posted by Allotment Boy looks like a total nightmare to use. That spring bit is the issue. No good for light work, but I can't see it coping with heavier work either. An in-between tool that really should be a pair of scissors or secateurs. Normal scissors should deal with Alchemilla Mollis.
For me, gardening on the miniature with pots only, I'm like B3, many of the tools come from un-gardening merchandise. Mainly kitchen ones do the work nicely. It's a knife, fork and a pair of scissors. But have to admit, a bit jealous with some of the tools mentioned.
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I much prefer to use an old pair of dressmaking scissors
Some of by most useful tools aren't gardening tools at all. A wallpaper scraper makes a great hand hoe.a slater's hammer is great for hacking at dry clay or levering out roots. And I have a great little plastic hand rake that's great for getting debris off the soil without damaging the plants and that cost me 99p. A cheese knife is great for getting the weeds out from between paving slabs.
For me, gardening on the miniature with pots only, I'm like B3, many of the tools come from un-gardening merchandise. Mainly kitchen ones do the work nicely. It's a knife, fork and a pair of scissors. But have to admit, a bit jealous with some of the tools mentioned.