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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI’ve got a reel mower and lawn cutting doubles as exercise without noise or cables or bags. Just have to do it regularly. But then, I also don’t water my lawn, so it’s dormant for large parts of the year, like nature intended.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoNature intended my yard to be mixed hardwood forest.
minus-squaresulgoth@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoHow do you get the edges where the mower won’t cut? Still with a gas/electric trimmer or is there something manual that would work?
minus-squareFester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoThe manual options are ancient - like a sickle, or a scythe or clip by hand with garden shears bent down on your knees for hours. But fuck all that, you’ll want an electric trimmer for edges.
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoYou can get long handled edging shears to save your back if you want to keep with manual tools.
I’ve got a reel mower and lawn cutting doubles as exercise without noise or cables or bags. Just have to do it regularly.
But then, I also don’t water my lawn, so it’s dormant for large parts of the year, like nature intended.
Nature intended my yard to be mixed hardwood forest.
How do you get the edges where the mower won’t cut? Still with a gas/electric trimmer or is there something manual that would work?
The manual options are ancient - like a sickle, or a scythe or clip by hand with garden shears bent down on your knees for hours. But fuck all that, you’ll want an electric trimmer for edges.
You can get long handled edging shears to save your back if you want to keep with manual tools.