Gardening 2025

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Beginning work in the garden was late for me this year. The last two years I trimmed all the shrubs in February, and this year I began only hours before the month of May. We did have a long, cold winter, though. The first time out is always slow. I checked the outlets on the porch and near the waterfall, taking a desk lamp that could quickly show me if the plugs were live.

I trimmed only five plants, since this was the first time I used my new electric trimmer. John had a battery-powered one that was just too heavy for me. When Lise was here, she quickly looked for tools on line and ordered this one. I read the instruction booklet, knowing I had to pay special attention to safety. My personal rules were to always hold the trimmer with two hands and not to take a step while the blades were moving.

The trimmer pointed to the starting point, and the after picture shows the results. I felt it was a good start.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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31 thoughts on “Gardening 2025”

  7. New tools and gadgets are always fun! I read manuals as well. Bruce does not and he will ask me if there is anything he needs to be aware of in the manual, ie safety items, operating concerns, etc.

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  9. Wonderful your garden. Nice you play the trimmer. You are a gardener. Beautiful you sharing you trimmed your garden.

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  10. I’m kind of glad I no longer have a garden or yard to tend to (being in an apartment), but I’m impressed with how you handled that trimmer. Nice job! Do you use other “power tools” as well?

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    1. Yes! I tried to use my husband’s trimmer, but it was way too heavy. The battery really weighed it down, and I could not keep the blade going. I had to keep a finger and a thumb pressed down, and I couldn’t do it. This new trimmer is started by a thumb and finger, but I don’t have to keep the thumb on the button. It keeps going until I release the finger. Being electric, it is much lighter than the old one.

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      1. Thank you Anne! I will really think about it because, just like you, I find that my husband’s is too heave for me and it terrifies me!!!! However, I would love to have one for me so that I can do a few more things in the garden by myself… Thanks for the inspiration and I hope you have a great growing season.
        Saludos!!!!

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              1. Oh no, please don’t, where in the world are you? In this part of Switzerland we’ve had very little rain so far.
                I also want to wait with trimming because I can see some birds in our hedge and I don’t want to disturb them… but then…. I am very excited to use it….

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