Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening May 17+ 2014, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I inherited a hedge trimmer last year from my back yard neighbor, Doug.

Having had all the problems with my hand--I could no longer prune my big shrubs by hand.
So--I went to Doug and asked if i could borrow his to trum my bushes--and he said:
"Do you want one?? Someone gave me one, still in a box, and i will never use it--
too small, I guess...So--he gave it to me. It is a small, lightweight one.

Yes! I used it to trim all my BIG old shrubs--even the Junipers...AND--I also cut a length
of my extension cord off with it...sparks and all.....WHOA!!!
Took it to HD and had the guy in electrical put a new plug end on it.

Just FYI--Happy or SS----Know what you intend to cut with one., as the 'size"
of a hedge trimmer is measured by the spaces between the teeth of the blade.
Also by the length of the blades.

If you have a 1/2" trimmer--it means that it will not trim branches bigger than
1/2"--as they would not fit between the teeth if the blade. It may just 'chew it up" --
like Karen noted.

YES! I can vouch for how quickly Ric cut my big, old RR tie in half with his sawzall.
Amazing tool! He even brought me rocks for the edging after the Rr was removed.

Ric is an amazing human being---to come here just to do this for me....most helpful.
Ahem--I think Ric and Holly also wanted to see my garden--since they had never been here....

1--The rotten RR tie that had to go
2--The tie gone--and rocks wainuing to be put down.
3--Rick and Holly just hanging out on my porch swing afterwards...
4--Ready to place rocks as edging
5--the finished edging--a month later...

Gita