Snippity snip snip, garden snip time!

Peak summer = peak time for cutting flowers and deadheading.  So it's the time we are mainly using gardening snips. 

We grow a few flowers in the Tinker and Fix garden.  We're getting to a place where we have enough to keep the vases full over the summer, but nowhere good enough to be able to put together varied vases consistently (I can't quite believe I'm saying it, but I'm bit bored of sweet peas and really want the dahlias to start performing!) That's next years gardening challenge.

Also, as big rose fans, deadheading is key to keep them repeat blooming - so having a good pair of snips can make what is essentially a tedious task a little more enjoyable. I'm a big fan of the David Austin Kew Gardens rose, it just keeps coming back and seems to handle my random snipping very successfully!

So what's in hand?

• I use the Niwaki snips for most of my deadheading, which makes a change from having the Niwaki Sentei secateurs in my hand.  This is becuase the flowers are often in a tight spot, and as the snips are slender, which when coupled with sharp Japanese blades, allow for precise pruning.
• I vary between using Niwaki garden snips or Niwaki garden scissors for cutting flowers from the cutting patch. I find the snips invaluable for sweet peas and dahlias. If I'm cutting other flowers, like cosmos I often head for the scissors - I'm no pro gardener - I think it's a combination of habit and how (where) I grow things (the snips get get in in amongst things far more easily!)
• I've also been testing a new pair... which we are now happy to stock... so watch this space... coming soon!

And, as usual, we recommend Niwaki as the blades are super sharp, meaning the cuts are clean, with no crush. Which is particularly important for cutting flowers. 

-Lou-