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Posted by Andy Harrold on July 17, 2013 at 9:04pm
Well I've finally stopped laughing after what I think is the strangest use of gardening equipment today. A gardener was using a petrol hedge trimmer, the type on the long pole to do hedge tops, to actually try trimming and edging the grass round the edges where he couldn't get a mower into. His reason was the cord on a strimmer spins too fast!I've heard of people using strimmers to cut hedges, but what's the strangest use of gardening tools you've seen?
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  • Simon Smith July 17, 2013 at 10:18pm

    I saw a woman yesterday next door to where i was working mowing the gravel driveway. Yes mowing the few weeds down with an electric flymo. You can imagine the racket.

  • David Benson July 17, 2013 at 10:50pm

    was it a hover mower

  • David Benson July 17, 2013 at 10:50pm


    Simon Smith said:

    I saw a woman yesterday next door to where i was working mowing the gravel driveway. Yes mowing the few weeds down with an electric flymo. You can imagine the racket.

  • David Cox July 17, 2013 at 10:54pm

    Saw a fellow burning off side shoots on a buddleja with a gas can - asking him why, he was adamant it "cauterizes the wound so the bush doesn't die".

    He's obviously not tried to kill a buddleja before..................

  • Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk July 17, 2013 at 11:05pm

    once changed a fan belt on an old P100 with a pair of felco 8s and a bulldog spade.

    god knows how we managed it, but that was what we used.

  • Simon Smith July 18, 2013 at 8:22pm

    No a wheeled rotaty mower. just the ticket from getting weeds off gravel.

    Is that not what you use???

  • Geoff Norfolk July 18, 2013 at 9:35pm

    Must admit to using a strimmer on a privet hedge to give a nice straight line where it butted up to a brick wall... it was either that or secateurs..... worked a treat and very quick.

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