I'm an avid gardener with large planted beds full of perennials. The problem is not growing the plants, it's cutting them back at the end of the growing season.
Since it would take me three weekends just to cut back my daylilies, I began using the hack-it-all-down method a few seasons back. There is no way I could individually cut each stem of each of my hundreds of plants. So I began using my husband's hedge trimmers on all but my irises (and I would use them on those too, but it doesn't work for them).
The problems with my husband's hedge trimmers are that they are heavy and they are electric. So while they make short(er) work of preparing my garden for winter, it's still a pain.
Not anymore. I have found my savior: Skil Isio 2-in-1 Gardening Tool.
These lightweight trimmers are cordless and rechargable. They really do cut through my daylilies like butter making quick work of trimming all my plants.
Several times I have been in the backyard with the kids and have been able to grab Isio from the shed and start trimming away. Even ten minutes allowed me to clear an entire bed. (And I left all the detritus for my husband to bag, because that's how I roll sometimes.) I would never have been able to do this with the electric trimmers because it would have taken that long to find the cord and plug it in. Not to mention that I don't use those hedge trimmers around my kids. But I felt confident in the Isio Gardening Tool.
The Isio 2-in-1 Gardening Tool might make a great holiday present for the gardeners on your list. Especially the women who would appreciate a lighter tool that is quick to use.
Isio 2-in-1 Gardening Tool
- Compact, Powerful and Lightweight
- Laser-cut diamond-ground blades for a clean, healthy cut
- Tool-less blade change-Easily convert lawn shears to a shrub trimmer
- Lithium-Ion Power Battery holds charge up to 18 months
- Powered by an ENERGY STAR qualified battery charger (for a better environment)
- Shrub Trimmer Blade and Cover
- Grass Shear Blade and Cover
- Wall-Mountable Charger
This was written by Leighann who can be read at Multi-Minding Mom where she dishes about family, food, foraging, frivolity, and more!
Skil sent me a Isio 2-in-1 Gardening Tool to try out in my garden.
