If they’re properly sharpened, power hedge trimmers are a great time saver over manual trimmers for maintaining neat hedges and other landscaping. If your power trimmers are continually getting jammed ...

If you want sharp and shiny blades, you need to know how to sharpen hedge trimmer blades efficiently and effectively. Dull or blunt trimmer blades simply won’t cut it (literally). Poorly maintained ...

Dear Carol: I have a collection of gardening tools that require sharpening, manual hedge shears, clippers, small shears, etc. Any suggestions on sharpening garden tools? -- K.B., Onondaga Hill. Dear K ...

Take apart tools like pruning shears, hedge shears and loppers to make their blades more accessible for sharpening. Look at any blade and you'll see that it's beveled on either one or both sides: one ...

Get to know the blade. Put on gloves and safety goggles before you start, then secure one handle of your shears in a table vise. With a coarse, bastard-cut mill file in hand, “inspect the blade for ...

Frequent, minimal sharpening keeps tools working their best. • Hoes, shovels: Use a 12-inch mill bastard file, preferably with a handle on it, and make a smooth, sharp edge by filing in forward ...