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Flymo Contour 700 PowerPlus Electric Grass Trimmer and Lawn Edger

Flymo Contour 700 PowerPlus Electric Grass Trimmer and Lawn Edger

Get the benefit of a lawn edge as well as a strimmer with this classy Flymo Contour. Strim under trees shrubs and bushes as well as around seats and walls and then turn sideways and roll along the lawn edge to trip the straggly lateral growth.

Technical Details

* Powerful motor for tackling tough conditions
* Simply swivel the head to convert from trim to edge
* Unique wheel design for accurate edging
* Fully adjustable for comfortable use with extendable shaft and secondary steady handle for greater control

Flymo Contour 700 PowerPlus Electric Grass Trimmer and Lawn Edger

Black & Decker GLC2500 Strimmer 18v

Black & Decker GLC2500 Strimmer

For trimming lawn edges or cutting grass in awkward places. No matter how far away you are from the mains supply, this cordless strimmer will do the job.

This strimmer has a 30cm cutting swathe and reflex intelligent cutting system that insinctively knows when to feed out more line. Gear driven, it's powerful motor gives increased torque for greater efficiency and a quicker cut.

You can cut around trees, garden furniture and underneath shrubs quickly and easily. A secondary handle is adjustable to the height of the user, making it supremely comfortable to use.

Using a half moon lawn edger

There is always so much emphasis on how to prepare and maintain the lawn surface but no garden looks good, regardless of the lawn condition, if the edges are looking ropey.

Every so often you will have to cut back and shape the edges so that they look crisp and sharp. A straight edge such as a scaffolding boards is ideal if you have a formal edge to create or a garden line pulled taught over distance will guide you to get the right layout.

Flymo 600w Lawnew Compact 340 scarifier

Flymo is synonymous to domestic lawn care so it goes without saying that you can trust this 600 watt scarifier to deliver the goods time in time out.

Capable of scarifying or grooming you lanw to help produce that perfect sward that you aspire to.

Flymo 600w Lawnew Compact 340 scarifyer

Draper lawn groomer and scarifier

Raking out lateral grass growth is sometimes all you need to do to keep air and light getting to the soil surface.

Vigorous scarifiying, especially late in the season when the grass does not recover too quickly, will quite often do more harm than good.

For large lawns, electrical equipment is just not practical so hiring or buying a robust pretol driven machine is advisable

Black & Decker powered auto wrench

Right tool right job every time with this adjustable multi wrench from Black and Decker.

Black & Decker Powered Adjustable Auto Wrench

I cannot count on one hand how many times that I have reached into mt tool box to get my adjustable spanner while trying to hold a ring spanner in place on a bolt.

Inevitably, while trying to adjust the spanner, my fingers and thumbs messed things up and all the parts I was trying to keep still fell to the floor.

watch a video of the black and decker auto wrench in action

Mower maintenance made easy with the right tools

Lawn mower breakdowns are irritating at the best of times but irritation turns to anger when valuable work time is lost because you don't have the right tools in the workshop to carry out simple repairs.

Buying a new machine usually brings with it a small tool bag with a spark plug spanner, interchangeable flat and Phillips screwdriver and a spanner (most mower manufacturers fit with one or two standard sized nuts and bolts for simplicity.)

This handy little closable Draper tools set is ideal for those quick repairs at the side of the lawn. What is more, because the lid can be shut and the case carried around, you can be sure not to lose those small sockets or spanners when on the move.

Wooden leaf and hay rake

Raking leaves for a long period of time is really tiring so it is important to make it as comfortable as possible.

Metal rakes are either very narrow and take ages to get any real volume of raking done and if you are able to find a wide aluminium head then the weight of the rake will make it a tough day for sure.

My favourite rake of all time is the traditional wooden leaf rake or sometimes called hay rake.