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Two helpful tips from Priscilla as we begin the season…
Temperatures are rising and the sun is shining (a lot of the time),which means our yards
Tip #1
and gardens are ready for us. And at Agway—our Garden Centers are ready for YOU! We Garden Tip #2
invite you to browse our aisles and ask for help. To that end, we’re incredibly happy to
introduce Priscilla Husband, our very own Garden Coach. For years Priscilla has run her Coach
own garden consulting company, helping countless Cape Cod homeowners make the best of GO EASY ON YOURSELF! TOOL TIME!
After many years of gardening both personally
their gardens and landscapes. Throughout the following pages, you’ll find information and Priscilla Spring is the perfect time to assess the condition
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tips on how to ensure your own gardening success this season. and professionally I have made many mistakes. I of all of our garden tools to make sure they are in
good condition and ready to work. I begin with
have learned now that these trial and errors were
And there’s plenty more to come—this is just the beginning of a my teacher. Over time I have learned through sharpening. There are two types of cutters (or
Priscilla
beautiful gardening season with Agway of Cape Cod! experience and the signals of Mother Nature to pruners) and it’s important to know the difference
accept that gardening is a life-long education. before sharpening. The first and most commonly
used is the bypass.
Josh & Jess Over the years I have found ways to make
Co-owners gardening easier while trying new things even if I Bypass pruners have a precision cut with only
fail. It’s impossible to know everything... one bevel to sharpen. It is important to sharpen
gardening is a moving target, dictated by soil only the side of the cutting blade where there is
temperatures, rainy springs, hungry insects, a bevel, therefore keeping the blades tight
and fungi we cannot see! Oh, and did I where they cross.
mention rabbits and deer? Yet with
all these challenges the thought of Anvil style tools have a bevel on
my dahlia bouquets keeps me both sides that closes into an
going. The new annual colors anvil while cutting. With an anvil
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available each year along cutter you get more downward
with the repeat blooming pressure but the cut is not as
shrubs introduces new ideas Garden Coach

clean as with a bypass.
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and variety into our gardens Sharpen both sides of the
enriching our lives. At times Priscilla blade of an anvil tool.

I still forget to protect my squash
from the squash vine borer and I Tool Maintenance:
often fall behind in my deadheading, • If your tool blades have rusted a bit
but gardening has a way of keeping us over the winter, use some fine sandpaper
always looking ahead. to remove rust before sharpening.
• Disease can be spread from one plant to
of Cape Cod
Gardening is challenging, let’s remember to keep another on your pruners. Wipe your blades down
learning and go easy on ourselves! with a cleaner containing bleach to begin the
season fungus free. Sanitize with alcohol between
Remember,....take time to smell the roses.....(after each use.
fertilizing of course!) and accept the garden • If your hand pruners are not opening quickly as
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compliments without finding fault. Keep up the you prune, the spring between the handles might
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good work, you are doing great! be worth replacing.
• Using pruner lubricant can lengthen the life of
the springs and blades.
• There are ergonomic handles and different sizes
available so hold different ones when shopping to
get the right comfort fit.

INTRODUCING Whatever tools you use in the garden your tools
should work as hard as you! Good quality tools
are worth the investment and will go the distance.
Agway’s Garden Coach Many tools can last a lifetime when maintained
and in time they can become your best friend.

watch
Priscilla Husband our tool Find more information on Agway’s website, we
have videos and additional information
video!
on tools and sharpening techniques!

of Cape Cod