HEDGE TRIMMING

If you are serious about overhauling the overall look and feel of your garden starting with your hedges, you’re likely going to want to undertake a bit of hedge trimming to get things “just so”.

Now, assuming that you aren’t the real life version of Edward Scissorhands, you’re probably not quite sure of where to start when it comes time to get to hedge trimming – and that’s okay!

Most people (especially those with hedges that had been growing wildly out of control) aren’t quite sure of what to do about their hedges, which is exactly why they allow them to get to the condition that they are in today.

Use the information below and you’ll be able to quickly get out and do a bit of hedge trimming yourself – or call in the right professionals to tackle this kind of project for you!

What are we waiting for?

Let’s jump right in!

Tips and tricks you’ll want to have in 

your back pocket when hedge trimming

First of all, one of the most important tips you’re going to want to remember before you do any hedge trimming whatsoever is the importance of understanding the difference between when your hedges are ready to be trimmed and when they are just a little bit “imperfect”.

You’d be amazed at the amount of people out there that begin to train their hatches at the first sign of out of place growth. That’s definitely not a trap you want to fall in, especially considering the fact that you could end up damaging and even potentially killing off your hedges with overzealous hedge trimming.

Instead, give your hedges a bit of an opportunity to expand all on their own, only attacking them and doing a bit of hedge trimming after you see considerable growth that needs to be reined in.

How to find the right hedge trimming 

equipment

Secondly, you’re going to want to make sure that you have the right hedge trimming equipment for the task at hand.

A set of manual trimmers is probably enough to take care of to take care of a couple of small hedges, but anything larger (and especially anything that requires a bit of an intricate design) is going to necessitate you purchasing some specialized gear.

Obviously, if you have the budget to purchase brand-new gear you are going to find the very best of the best stuff available – though not everyone has that kind of budget. If you need to maintain your hedges on a bit of a tight bank account, you’ll want to look at used or secondhand equipment provided by professional hedge trimming experts that are looking to upgrade to something brand-new themselves.

The odds are fantastic that this equipment was well cared for, well looked after, well-maintained, and is more than up to the task of whatever you hope to throw at it.

After all, it’s the same equipment that was being used by professional hedge trimming experts at required this equipment to get their jobs done so that they could get paid!

Is it time to call in the professionals?

Finally, you’re going to want to know when a hedge trimming project is just too big for your initial skills and experience. There’s no shame in recognizing that you’d be better off with a professional helping out, and you’ll want to make sure that you contact them just as early in the process as you can to make sure that they’ll be able to help you out in the kind of timeline that you were hoping for.

Anytime you feel overwhelmed with the task of hedge trimming is a time where you’ll want to call in the professionals. You may want to watch them and how they operate so that you know how to tackle the project more efficiently next, or you might just want to sit back, relax, and let them take care of all the “heavy lifting”!

It’s completely up to you!