Brush Buster
Give him a lever and James Metzger of Wilmington, Del., will move the world . . . or at least he will raise multiflora roses so he can cut them off at the base. Metzger used wood strips (1 x 3 x 8) to make a triangular frame. He jams the base of the frame under a bush, then uses the third leg to raise and hold the bush off the ground so he can cut the plant base. Sure saves a lot of thorn cuts, Metzger says.

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