So there was some question after my last post as to what exactly I needed a hedge trimmer for, since my property is largely devoid of hedge-like plants. Well, one thing I'll be using it for is deadheading my yarrow.
You see this mess? Well now I can take care of it.
Ah, that was so much easier than pruning it by hand.
Of course there's also the stuff along the retaining wall.
Which would have been a more dramatic transformation had I not already deadheaded most of the summer growth a few weeks ago.
Out in the front yard, the trimmer does a great job of cleaning up the sprawling ornamental grasses.
This one in particular tends to intrude upon the sidewalk a little more than I'd like if I just let it grow unchecked.
But it only takes less than a minute to trim the beard back.
And a few more minutes to rake up the remains.
There's another one of these next to my driveway, which could use a little trim.
Though it's a fair bit smaller and less unruly.
I'll also be using this hedge trimmer to knock back the baby sage in the front yard. I cut it back to about an 8 inch stump every fall, and by the next fall it's back to a giant, leggy 5 foot wide mound of shrubbery again, crowding out the neighbouring plants. But it's not quite time to prune that one, so it'll have to wait for a future blog update.
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