Comments on: Looking for a Green Alternative To an Electric Powered Weed Trimmer (string Trimmer)?

By: 18 gibbs 20

18 gibbs 20 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:57:47 +0000

grass shears. Fiskars makes them and Home Depot sells them.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:04:56 +0000

Sheep, goats, cattle, scythe, sickle and a reel type push mower. Of course my father’s solution was to pour concrete and paint it green. That saves the fertilizer, cutting, weeding and the effort of planting seeds and saves the water. Of course his idea was facetious.

By: T.J.

T.J. — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:51:53 +0000

String trimmers became popular during the 1970′s. Before that people used hand held garden shears http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pr…
and
push edgershttp://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pr…
Greenies can still buy these tools at the local garden center.

By: fluffern

fluffern — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:33:20 +0000

We used hand held grass shears, rather like giant scissors. For hedges we used hedge trimmers with long handles. The shears were good for our waist lines, the hedge trimmers for our upper body. That’s when gardening was more physical. http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/Product.as…