playing n the dirt

Every gardener needs a few good good tools.  I have a pitch fork and shovel, mostly for turning compost and for making new beds.  I use a small hand held pruiner clippers and trowel for keeping garden beds looking neat and trim. 

The other day I was clipping the grass at the edge of a bed when my clippers broke.  I played with them for a while and figured out what was wrong, but I couldn’t make the little hook stay in place.  I figured I’d be done for the day and try to fix them later.  Two days later I still couldn’t keep them working and the grass really needed to be clipped. 

I finally decided I had three choices.  I could keep trying with broken clippers, I could stop and go to the store and buy a new pair or I could try and find something else to do the job.  I decided to try the kitchen sissors.  They worked.  I was done clipping the grass in no time.  I even got my husband to go to the hardware store and buy me a new pair of clippers.