Bahco tools are on special for Gardener's Reward Members the rest of October

Here's a bit of information about this great company.

The Bahco Company (formerly Sandvik) is over 100 years old, based in Sweden. Their pruners, loppers and saws are ergonomically designed, with bright orange handles so they can be found easily in the garden.

We have a variety of Bahco pruning tools: the Snips are lightweight and useful when dead-heading, thinning fruit, cutting young vines, or bonsai pruning.

The Pruners comes in three sizes for large, medium and small hands, and are lightweight to reduce hand fatigue.

The Loppers are lightweight to reduce fatigue, and come in several lengths. The shortest lopper also has a Sharpener attached, a definite bargain!

The lightweight Sharpener is usually sold separately for $15.99. It has a handle, that makes it easier to use than the old school sharpening blocks and features a finger guard to prevent the hand slipping onto the blade

The Pruning Saws cut on both the pull and push strokes. They also have a locking mechanism that locks the saw open or closed for safety.

“Ergonomics” is the applied science of equipment design to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. That means the tools are designed first for the human, not just the task.

When using tools on a daily basis, or for the weekend warrior, you risk overexertion, pain, and numbness in parts of the hand by using incorrectly designed tools, even if you don’t feel it at the time.

Pruning Japanese Maples, some fruit tree pruning and removing dead flowers from shrubs and perennials is the kind of pruning that can be done now. Cass Turnbull’s book, ‘Guide to Pruning’ has tons of practical advice for what, how and when to prune.