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PowerGear and some late (very late) pruning

Did you know that it is only a few weeks until Spring?

Our poor neglected garden sure does!  Our hydrangeas were very late blooming this year and the rose blooms kept on coming then all of a sudden the leaves just dropped away, hips started colouring up and new buds started peeking through.

Yes, it was definitely time for some long overdue pruning at our house!

Here is what we got up to at the weekend, with the last prunings cut up just in time for green bin pickup.

No pruning happens at our house without the help of our Fiskars PowerGear Pruners.  They have comfy handles and an easy action that works well even with sore, arthritic hands.

Of course it is not all dull and gloomy in our garden.  Here are a couple of bursts of colour that we are enjoying on these chilly winter days.  The orchid was picked this morning and we will be taking it around to my Mother-In-Law so that she can enjoy it every time she goes in to her kitchen.

This bulb has coloured up nicely and the unusual flower will be opening soon.


Happy Gardening Everyone!!!

Fun in the garden

OK - today I will share a photo of one corner of the garden that didn't make it into the tour of our garden the other day.

Pretty wild and messy!!!

Not any more.  Pulled on our garden gloves and gave our Fiskars Power Gear Pruners a little workout today.  It was surprisingly easy and fast to neaten things up.

Now we have a big pile of clippings that will soon fill the green garden waste bin.

The Fiskars Power Gear Pruners cut through thick, woody pieces with ease and it doesn't matter if you are left handed, or like me, need to switch hands when they get too sore.

So many new fronds are peeking out on the tree ferns now that the weather has warmed up, soon it will be filled out with long, green fronds again.

PS - the Lady Bugs must have liked my card the other day - we have heaps of them visiting now.  I had to rescue this tiny teenie one from our lounge room.

Those aphids eating our roses had better watch out now!!!

I Love Fiskars

Hi everyone,

I was surfing the global Fiskars Site at http://www3.fiskars.com/ and came across this

http://www.ilovefiskars.com/index.asp

Some fabulous Gardening Videos.....and the Ease of Use Video is fabulous.....it explains what this program is all about......so  just sharing with you all......

Hope you are having a great day! It's a beautiful Spring day here in the Yarra Valley today....great day to get out in the garden....so that's where I'm heading.......

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Pruning in Paynesville

Yesterday was such a lovely Spring Day down here in Paynesville that I wanted to get out into the garden and prune back the Canna Lillies that we have growing along our back side fence down here.......we should have pruned these back a few months ago...but we forgot!.....It doesn't really matter though down here.....they'll grow back so quickly....

Do you know that these plants grow so much taller down here than they do in the Yarra Valley......down here they grow taller than the fence and they also grow very quickly.....whereas in the Yarra Valley where we live permanently they grow slower and don't seem to grow as tall.......interesting huh?

Having the fabulous Fiskars Gardening Tools down here sure makes Pruning a dream....I actually love pruning back plants.....did you know that you can purchase Fiskars Gardening Tools in Bunnings and Mitre 10 Stores?  They make great gifts.....so why not start thinking about something like this for Christmas if you have family or friends who love gardening......did you know that you can look at this link http://eng-au.fiskars.com/ to see where you can purchase Fiskars Garden Tools in Australia....just click on the  Where to buy link...then click on either of the Logos.....cool site huh?

We are heading home today to the Yarra Valley.....hate to think how long the grass is after being away for 2 weeks......LOL!   We'll also have some pruning to do at home later this week.

So have you been in your garden this past few weeks? If so.....what have you been doing.....feel free to leave a comment below telling us all what you have been up to.....

xoxo

Lyn

Caitlin loves the Fiskars Power Gear Pruners

I thought I'd share a lovely email and pics that came through to me from Fiskateer # 4841 Melissa Kennedy today. Thanks Mel for sending this through to share......it's so nice to see that children can also get pleasure out of using these fabulous Power Gear Fiskars Pruners.......love these pics of Caitlin.

Here's what Melissa had to say......

Hi,

I love my Fiskars tools - well all the scrapbooking ones, so very willing to try out the gardening ones too - next best hobby alongside of scrapbooking

These pruners are awesome. First of all I was unsure of the handle that swivels UNTIL Iused them. But not only are they light weight but easy enough that even my daughter can use (as you can see by my pics) and wanted to use and wouldn't let me use after that.

Also they don't squish the thin stems of my flowers but actually clean cut them.

Fantastic This totally gorgeous sunny Sunday has turned into a daisy delight for my little girl Caitlin

Thank you Fiskars for sending me a pair of these pruners

Thanks Lyn

Melissa Kennedy Fiskateer #4841

Tracy Prunes with Ease with FISKARS Power Gear Pruners

Tracy Maloney has just emailed this through to me so thought I'd share with you all

........here is what she had to say about her little Fiskars "Happy Mail" that arrived this week.......mmmmm think those Fisk-a-fairies have been at it again......LOL!        So watch out....................!!!

Dear Lyn and Fiskars Australia,

Thank you for sending me a pair of the New Fiskars PowerGear Pruners – it was a lovely surprise J When I opened my New FiskarsPower Gear Pruners they felt so light compared to my old (sorry to confess but not Fiskars) pair.

As you know, I suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and do not have a lot of strength in my hands and have trouble gripping my fingers but these new pruners felt so comfortableand I could not wait to give them a test run.

My favourite plant growing in the garden is called a “spurge”, apart from having really pretty yellow-green flowers, it has sentimental value as it was given to me many, many years ago by my Grandma. It is a very hardy plant and always does better for a hard pruning.

The flowers haven’t long opened but I thought the hard, woody stems on this plant would be the perfect test for the pruners.

I picked a branch that would also make mowing easier for my husband and they worked a treat. Normally I cannot cut thick, hard stems like this one but I was able to cut it with no trouble at all.

Thank you Fiskars – I can see (and feel) why your Power Gear Pruners have been awarded

    Ease-of-Usecertification from Arthritis Australia and New Zealand            

- I will now be able to do more in the garden, instead of watching my husband do all the rewarding work.

... now the hard part will be hiding them so that my husband doesn’t stash them away with all his othertools!

Thank You Lyn and Fiskars for your generosity and surprise gift – we really do appreciate it,

Fisk-a-smiles Tracy

aka TracyM Fiskateer #6773

Oh Tracy...it's so nice to think that you now have a gardening tool that you can use with your hands.....thanks for sharing this with us all......and HAPPY GARDENING! With SPRING now upon us here I'm sure you will enjoy being outside in the garden with your hubby!!   What a great story!

  xoxo

Lyn Dwyer