It is only once you've bought your own home that you realize how many power tools and industrial equipment you need to keep it operational. You need a water blaster to clean the walls, you need a mower and weed whacker to keep the grass in check and you need a shed full of items to do the general maintenance.
My home is beautifully surrounded by hedge like trees, providing me with all the privacy I need. But this privacy needs maintenance; otherwise it will just appear as if I'm living in the bush.
So, my hedge needs a regular trim, and paying a gardener is just going to make me poor, so I bought myself a high powered trimmer at Wright's Outdoor shop in Mairangi Bay.
The guys were very helpful, and actually gave me advice that saved me money. I still got the trimmer, but they've showed me how I can use it to do other small jobs around the garden. read more