Your hedge trimmer needs to remain still while you’re sharpening it. If you have a workbench with a bench vice, clamp the blade in the vice and tighten it just enough to hold the trimmer securely. Do ...

Once your gardening tools are clean and neatly put away, it's time to get them out again - for sharpening. Sharpening is a pleasant wintertime activity, one you can do mostly indoors.

Alena Joling explains how to take care of your bladed garden tools. Alena Joling, owner of Moleta: Artisanal Sharpening, explains how to take care of your bladed garden tools in order to maximize ...

Once your gardening tools are clean and neatly put away, it's time to get them out again -- for sharpening. Sharpening is a pleasant wintertime activity, one you can do mostly indoors.

The garden spade is the essential garden tool, that short-handled, square-ended master of the garden. It can be used to dig and plant, divide a perennial, chop out a dead shrub and a whole lot more.

Sharpen your garden tools Published: Feb. 14, 2009, 9:23 a.m. By The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian ...

Then, disinfect the tool. For smaller tools, you can either use 70% rubbing alcohol or a cleaning product like Lysol All-purpose cleaner that contains 0.1% alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium saccharinate.

An essential first step when learning how to sharpen garden tools is figuring out how to clean away plant liquids without damaging the steel of the lopper blades. Washing the blades with soap and ...

Sharpening scissors with a sharpening stone is tough work, but this sharpener makes the whole process nearly foolproof. It'll sharpen left-handed scissors in one side and right-handed in the other.

PHOTO PROVIDEDThe Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County Master Gardener volunteer, Jim Cayea (right), will lead a free workshop on how to sharpen garden tools Saturday March 19 at 10 a.m.