Organic Gardening Tools

Title: More than just a "weed whacker!"(string trimmers)

Abstract: Organic Gardening readers and editors tell about their favorite

types and brands of weed trimmers. Some prefer the electric varieties and

others prefer gas-powered models. All agree they are useful gardening tools.

Full Text COPYRIGHT Rodale Press Inc. 1995

A string trimmer will: 1) whack down weeds in no time flat; 2)trim grass

neatly ground trees and other obstacles; 3) cut grass and weeds on steep

embankments, around growing beds and anyplace else where it's hard (or

unsafe) to mow; and, as one OG reader explains in this story, 4) shred

And some "high-end" string trimmers are virtual Swiss Army knives for

gardeners - powerful machines whose optional attachments can cut down

saplings, neatly edge a lawn, vacuum up leaves and even till the soil in

The best news of all is that string trimmers have also become simpler to

start, easier to handle, less noisy and a lot less polluting!

So to find out just how easy and versatile these new string trimmers really

are, we had seven different gardeners of varying shapes, sizes, geographic

regions, levels of experience and garden needs try them out in their own

personal Ponderosas. Here's what they said.

T. William Krebs, retired school teacher, proud father of OG's

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to chop down the weeds betwixt and between her rows of salad greens and spring vegetables, along the stockade fence that makes her backyard a private paradise, and around the shrubs and flower beds in her frontyard. Then she put a finishing edge to the area where the lawn meets the sidewalk and curb. It was a comfortable and relaxed session she declares: The trimmer didn't vibrate a lot and it was quieter than the clunker, too." A quick tap of the trimmer head, she adds, and more weed-whacking line fed easily out of the spool. At just 7 1/2 pounds, the FeatherLite really lives up to its name. And, in the opinion of our 5 foot 3 inch tester, that lightness makes it "easy to work with for a long time." It's also, she adds, "just the right length and very well-balanced." Lola points out that the fuel tank is very accessible, as well - a genuine benefit to those who have spilled gas while trying to fill up a trimmer that wasn't designed with such access in mind. The Weed Eater FeatherLite gas trimmer has a suggested retail price of $74.99 and comes with a two year warranty. Available at power equipment dealers throughout North America. For more information, contact Poulan/Weed Eater, P.O. Box 9
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