. So, I indulged in a new garden tool — a cordless hedge trimmer. Now, I am having a bit of a hard time justifying the expense of this, because the truth is, I only have six boxwood shrubs to trim in my entire garden.
BUT, I really really HATE trimming them by hand, I don’t know why, I do a bad job with it, I avoid it, and most years, I end up paying someone to do it. So if you figure we’ve been here 13 years and will likely be here 5-6 more, that’s close to 20 years I could’ve had a cordless hedge trimmer, and I would’ve saved money and aggravation if I’d just bought one at the beginning, maybe it makes more sense that I bought one now? Maybe not.
Regardless, it was super-fun to use, Kavi liked using it too (Anand is too cautious to try yet). It’s a little heavy for my hands, but manageable — if I had a lot of trimming to do, I’d do it in stints.
And I want to recommend the Ryobi cordless garden tool line — they all use the same 18-volt lithium-ion battery interchangeably, so you only need one. (I actually got a two-pack, so I can swap one out if it runs out mid-job.) Next up, the cordless lopper!
(Please note that I’m not done clearing up that area yet — the path needs to get cleaned up, etc. But I wanted to show you the before / after on the boxwoods…)
Local friends, if you want to try this out, or just borrow it for your own hedge trimming, let me know. I don’t have a lot of mental energy for tracking such things, or I’d set up a tool library in my garage, but I can manage loaning it out a couple times.
