Getting Snippy in the Garden

Get snippy with me! It isn’t often that you get encouraged to be snippy, but within the context of lawn and garden care, I assure you, it is completely okay. Getting snippy in the garden isn’t about attitude, it’s about having the right tools for the job. And, I did say tools – plural. Using the same pair of snips for all gardening tasks can actually damage the blades and spread bacteria. It’s important to have different tools for different tasks for this reason. Fiskars has snips created specifically for different activities, whether multipurpose (like cutting open bags and sawing rope), pruning, or harvesting.

Harvesting

I love fresh herbs.Fiskars Herb Snips^[1]allow me to easily snip off sprigs in the garden then quickly chop and mince leaves directly over the bowl in my kitchen. These snips are very comfortable to use and their sharp blades make effortless clean cuts. No knife or cutting board needed, with the added bonus of being dishwasher safe for easy cleanup!

These snips are compact in size with a blade sheath, making them easy to pop into my garden apron for easy access. When I’m looking to harvest plants with thicker stems and stalks, I opt to useFiskars Vegetable Shears^[2], which are designed for the more rugged cuts and feature an easy-to-clean take-apart design.

Pruning

I tend to a lot of flower gardens and enjoy creating flower arrangements, so I needed a pruner that would be great for working with cut flowers and keeping my flower beds healthy. TheFiskars Floral Pruner^[3]is well suited for cutting, light pruning and deadheading. It also includes a stem stripper for removing leaves or thorns on various sized stems, up to ½ inch.

For more intricate trimming and shaping of plants and flowers, you may elect to use either theFiskars Micro-Tip® Pruning Shears^[4],Fiskars Curved Micro-Tip® Pruning Snips^[5]or theFiskars Micro-Tip® Pruning Snips^[6]。These latter three tools each have their own distinct advantages over the others.

The Fiskars Micro-Tip Pruning Shears feature extra-large handle loops so that gardeners with larger hands or gloved gardeners can use them with ease. The Fiskars Curved Micro-Tip® Pruning Snips and Fiskars Micro-Tip® Pruning Snips are great for reaching plants in tight spaces, with the curved snips providing improved reach and a take-apart design for easy cleaning.

Multipurpose

Have you ever needed to slice open a bag of soil? Cut some wires or twine? Infiltrate a newly delivered box of plants or tools? This usually necessitates me running into my house and scavenging for a pair of paper scissors or a serrated steak knife (or butter knife if all else fails).

Thanks to Fiskars, I now have two tools dedicated for opening, slicing and cutting tasks: a pair ofMultipurpose Shears^[7]andMultipurpose Snips^[8]。就我个人而言,我倾向于多用剪刀their versatility. The shears come apart for use as a knife and have special notches on the blades for cutting wire, cutting twine and opening bottles. Furthermore, it comes with a sheath and a built-in sharpener.

With different snips for different tasks, you will always have the right tool for the cut with Fiskars, making it easy to get snippy in your garden!