Pruners and Clippers for Every Garden Task
I’ve been pruning for most of 60 years. Dad taught me at an early age when he had young cherry trees to do some simple pruning on that he didn’t want to waste staff time on.
Since the 1980’s Scott and I have been pruning in the vineyard and we’ve experimented with several Fiskars pruners for those tasks, including the F-2 and the F-7 that I wrote about earlier this year.
For quick cuts in the garden though I’ve found a snip that I love. Pictured below is the Corona Long Straight Snip - AG 4930SS. It’s great for running out to cut a bouquet for the dinner table but it’s also good for many other, heavier duty cutting tasks. I used it almost exclusively this summer to deadhead and to do quick snips when shaping a shrub. The blade are sharp, so like all pruners it needs to be used with care and respect, but it does a great job!
Treat yourself or the gardener on your gift list with a pair of these snips. They’d make a great stocking stuffer that will be appreciated and much used.
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Creative and targeted programs that make an impact are the hallmark of experienced marketing professional Ruth Steele Walker. Focusing on results that improve the bottom line, she accelerates projects from conception to implementation with a mastery of writing, production, placement, budgeting and coordination.
During more than 25 years with Foremost Corporation of America, the nation's leading insurer of manufactured housing and recreational vehicles, Walker consistently produced effective communications programs that resulted in increased net written premium. Her expertise in crisis communications was a vital part of Foremost's exemplary customer service in the wake of hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Walker specializes in communications targeting the 50+ demographic, with an emphasis in communications for the 65+ segment.
Among other achievements, Walker developed communications for the merger of Foremost and Farmers Insurance, addressing audiences including customers, employees, trade and consumer media. For Foremost's 50th anniversary, she created a celebration program of internal and external promotions, special events, recognition and a 162-page commemorative book.
Earlier in her career, Walker was a newspaper reporter, a TV and radio producer, and worked in national sales and traffic at network TV affiliates. Walker earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and an MS in communications from Grand Valley State University.
She and her husband Scott operate a small vineyard in Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula, producing premium vinifera wine grapes. The vineyard has been the largest local supplier for Suttons Bay wine label L. Mawby, recently named one of the world's top producers of sparkling wines.
