As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed cutter, string trimmer, strimmer or, in some circles, brush trimmer ...

Your hedge trimmer is an important tool if your lawn includes bushes, shrubs, and other landscaping features to tame and maintain. Here’s the thing, though: You can only get the kind of tight, ...

With a good pruning schedule you can keep hedges under control without too much effort. Most evergreen formal hedges like to be trimmed two or three times a year, while they're actively growing.

String trimmers get into spots larger lawn mowers can’t reach, like beneath bushes or right up against fences. They can delicately trim around flower beds or slash through overgrown weeds. Flipped on ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A good weed eater is an important tool when it comes to yard care. Mowing might take care of a majority of your lawn's surface area, but there ...