Overhanging branches can block your garden or yard from getting the necessary sunlight, becoming safety hazards over time and potentially causing lawn or property damage. Pruning trees every so often ...

This undated photo shows a tall hedge being pruned in New Paltz, NY. Pole pruners and hedges make it easier and safer to prune stems high up in a plant. (Lee Reich via AP) Two millennia ago, the Roman ...

Two millennia ago, the Roman writer Columella described the vintoria falx, a six-part, specialized pruning tool for grapes. What a stir that tool must have caused among Roman grape growers when it was ...