You know the feeling—sweat dripping, sun blazing, shovel sticking to the dirt like glue. Root pruning in summer can feel like a slow-motion workout you never signed up for. But once the air turns crisp and the leaves start falling, something magical happens: the soil loosens, the roots cooperate, and suddenly, you’re out there slicing…
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10 Tools Worth Sharpening Before Winter
There’s something oddly satisfying about a well-sharpened tool—the clean edge of a shovel slicing through soil, the smooth glide of a hatchet through kindling, the satisfying snip of pruners that actually work. But as winter creeps closer, most of us shove our tools into the shed and forget about them until spring—dull, rusty, and miserable….

