All posts tagged: Pruning

EcoFlow Earth Day sale ends today, Worx 1-acre Vision Cloud robot mower 0 off, Fanttik USB-C pruning shears, more

EcoFlow Earth Day sale ends today, Worx 1-acre Vision Cloud robot mower $460 off, Fanttik USB-C pruning shears, more

Published by skeptic

Today’s 9to5Toys Green Deals is headlined by the last day of EcoFlow’s Earth Day Sale with up to 62% off power stations and more from $169. And if you don’t want to mow the lawn anymore, you can hand up to an acre over to Worx’s 2026 Landroid Vision Cloud robot at its $1,840 low. Oh, and folks that want to keep their trees looking their best, be sure to also check out Fanttik’s brushless pruning shears with onboard display, USB-C, more at $80. Head below for a closer look at the details. Head below for other Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek‘s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories. LAST DAY: EcoFlow’s Earth Day Sale up to 62% off power stations, bonus savings, more starting from $169 EcoFlow has launched its Members’ Festival x Earth Day Mega Sale with up to 62% discounts, member-only deals (sign-up is free), 3x EcoCredit rewards, and plenty of free gifts. One notable members-only bundles is …

The best secateurs in the UK to save you time and effort when pruning your garden, tested | Gardens

The best secateurs in the UK to save you time and effort when pruning your garden, tested | Gardens

Published by Sam Flores

Secateurs are the single most valued tool in the gardener’s trug, an implement as personally prized as the bricklayer’s trowel. With time, their weight and shape wear familiarly into the hand, becoming a companionable tool for all garden tasks, from pruning woody shrubs and cutting back perennials to slicing twine and preparing cut flowers. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. There are two main types of secateurs, bypass and anvil (see below for their differences explained), and I’ve focused on the former here. If well looked after (we’ve included care instructions at the end of this article), a quality pair can last decades; as a result, gardeners declare staunch loyalties to particular models. After putting a range of gardeners’ bypass secateurs through the wringer in my own garden for the Filter a year ago, I donated them to the Garden Museum in London, where volunteers have made good use of them in the museum’s public gardens. As head gardener, I took the …

Pruning: A Gardener’s Ultimate Guide

Pruning: A Gardener’s Ultimate Guide

Published by Sam Flores

Expert comment provided by horticultural expert Jack Stooks, former Head Gardener to King Charles at Highgrove House Garden, who’s currently working with Savoo. It can feel pretty counterintuitive to spend months – even years – perfecting your rosebush, only to lop its branches off. Even Monty Don admits that pruning can cause “some anxiety”. It can be hard to feel sure you’re cutting at the right time, in the right place, on the right plant, to prevent unwanted dieback. Thankfully Jack Stooks, former gardener to King Charles, has shared his ultimate pruning tips with us. “By cutting things down, you’re always trying to encourage growth to come from the very base of the plant,” he explained. “Doing that keeps the plant healthy because you’re using plant material that’s new year after year, rather than holding on to old dead wood that’s hard and doesn’t properly flower.” What should I prune? “With pruning, we always go with diseased, damaged and dying,” Stooks told us. “If you’re going to prune a rose, for instance, you’ll inspect the …

11 best secateurs for pruning your garden, tested on my allotment

11 best secateurs for pruning your garden, tested on my allotment

Published by Sam Flores

Secateurs are one of the first tools most gardeners acquire. A good pair will last a lifetime, but any that are substandard or old can damage your plants and your hands. There are two main types. Bypass secateurs have scissor-like blades to produce a clean cut when pruning green stems. In contrast, anvil secateurs act more like a knife, and work best when cutting thicker, woodier stems. The best secateurs should also be comfortable and a ratchet function will help if you need extra power when cutting bigger stems. Most also come in different sizes, and some have adjustable grip, so you can tweak it if you share your tools. Just note that smaller tools have reduced cutting diameters. Price-wise, they range from around £15 to almost £300 for professional tools, although none here reach those heights. Notable brands include Felco, Niwaki, Okasune, Wilkinson Sword and Darlac. You’ll find all of these and more reviewed below, after extensive testing on my allotment. The best secateurs: At a glance Source link

Rosebush Pruning, Berlin Film Festival review – ‘New Bond’ Callum Turner is the only saving grace of this crude farce

Rosebush Pruning, Berlin Film Festival review – ‘New Bond’ Callum Turner is the only saving grace of this crude farce

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A small ocean of bodily fluids is spilled in Karim Ainouz’s macabre and messy family comedy Rosebush Pruning (which had its world premiere to a mixed reception in the Berlin Film Festival competition this weekend). The Brazilian director dips his fingers in blood, semen, sweat and tears. His film has more than its share of bizarre and arresting moments – Riley Keough pleasuring herself with an aubergine; Callum Turner using toothpaste in a very novel way – but this warped satire is ultimately neither as shocking nor as funny as you initially hope it’s going to be. Turner, strongly tipped as the next 007, shows plenty of delinquent swagger as Edward, a spoiled American rich kid living with his dysfunctional family in a villa in the Spanish countryside. By his own admission, he, like the rest of his siblings, is a …

Karim Aïnouz on Eviscerating the Super Rich in ‘Rosebush Pruning’

Karim Aïnouz on Eviscerating the Super Rich in ‘Rosebush Pruning’

Published by Daniella Wilson

“People are roses. Families are rosebushes. Rosebushes need pruning.” With that ominous metaphor, Ed [Callum Turner] introduces us to the super-rich, and sordidly dysfunctional, family at the center of Rosebush Pruning, the new film from acclaimed Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz (Firebrand, Motel Destino). They’re a pretty nasty bunch. Younger siblings Anna [Riley Keough] and Robert [Lukas Gage] are incest-curious, borderline psychotics. Their father (played by Tracey Letts) is a blind, soft-spoken, abusive tyrant. Eldest brother Jack [Jamie Bell] seems almost normal, though there, too, are signs of deep trauma. The American clan wallows in a life of pointless opulence in a Spanish villa, discussing designer clothes and snarking at servants and each other. But when Jack, the family lynchpin, announces he is moving in with his girlfriend, Martha [Elle Fanning], and Ed starts to unravel the truth surrounding the death of their mother [Pamela Anderson], things fall apart. The pruning is coming, and it will not be pretty. This modern-day take on Marco Bellocchio‘s radical 1965 satire Fists in the Pocket, adapted by frequent Yorgos …