An electric brush cutter is the perfect cordless garden tool if you have an allotment, or you need to control or clear larger areas of overgrown brambles, weeds and shrubs.

They have similarities in design to a cordless line trimmer - they are light, hand-held garden tools. Our models can be fitted to a single or double shoulder harness with hip pad for additional comfort.

Most gardeners have a line trimmer (known colloquially as a cordless strimmer) but there are occasions when a brush cutter is the proper tool for the job.

Whether you like your lawn neat or you want to encourage bees and other wildlife, all lawns demand at least some regular ongoing maintenance. 

Let’s look at the basics, including tips on lawn mowing, watering and feeding routines which follow more environmentally sound principles. 

Looking after your lawn in summer needn’t be a headache. Follow our simple advice - then you can spend more time enjoying your lawn in the sun than fretting over it!

Best tools for lawn edging

We recommend a cordless battery-powered or electric lawn edger tool, which is suitable for small and large areas. 

The EGO range of line trimmers is quieter, doesn’t give off emissions (like a petrol model) and has less vibration. Also, you don’t have to worry about power cables being long enough or getting in the way.

The line strimmer (or strimmer) isn’t a garden tool designed for edging lawns but, if you don’t have a lawn edger, it can step up.

Organic and wildlife-friendly gardening

Interest in rewilding and more natural gardening practices is growing and this encompasses lawn care. 

You might have stopped using powerful weed killers on your driveway, established a compost heap, and researched using grey water on your garden in the summer months. But your lawn care can also become more environmentally friendly.

The ‘perfect lawn’ used to be considered as one that was aesthetically pleasing - level, even, with defined edges and which was diligently mowed to an exact height. Does this image hold true for the 2020s?

With an area of long grass and undergrowth, it will be a two-stage job at the very least. Think of it as an ongoing project.

If you need to get on top of an unruly lawned area, there’s a range of tools at your disposal to get the job done as easily as possible and with results you’ll be proud of.

When to repair your lawn  

Spring or Autumn are the best times to make repairs to your lawn as they will make a faster recovery and look better throughout the summer. 

It’s also ideal in the cooler months because you’ll have to wait for your repairs to bed in before you use your cordless lawnmower - three weeks for new turf and four to six for reseeded patches.

It’s not difficult to fix your lawn if it looks patchy, weedy or uneven. Here’s how you do it.

If the edges of your lawn have taken a pounding over the sodden winter months, spring is here to set them straight, and re-establish neat boundaries. This prepares the way for light maintenance for the rest of the growing season. 

Should you be new to gardening and haven’t used a garden edger on your lawn before, the objective is to give it definition and clean lines. A lawn that spreads year after year will not only encroach onto flower borders and pathways or driveways, it affects the way your home and garden look. 

If your lawn edges have taken a pounding over the winter months, spring is the ideal time to re-restablish neat boundaries.

Do you use a spade or a line trimmer (strimmer) to demolish the weeds on your driveway? It’s a satisfying job, especially using a cordless garden power tool, but there’s a better way to cut weeds down to size.

A rotocut will help you cut weeds down on hard surfaces like paths, patios and verges too, easily and effectively.

Let’s look at some dos and don’ts and reasons why so-called grey water helps with your water-saving efforts.

Grey water and the environment

Brits often joke about the rain in summer, but areas of the UK and mainland Europe are increasingly suffering from water shortages during the summer months and scientists have predicted this will get worse, not better. 

In 2019, Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency, warned that within 25 years, England won’t have enough water to meet demand.

If you’re a water-conscious homeowner, whether it’s for ecological reasons or because you have a water meter (or both), recycling water for your garden is probably on your radar.

“There’s a tool for every job” is a well-known saying, but does it apply when it comes to gardening? It’s true that sometimes you can get away with using, say, a trowel instead of a hoe, or a pole saw in place of a chain saw. 

However, when it comes to modern power garden tools, which have been designed and even innovated for specific tasks, you’d probably do well to choose the recommended model for the job. Not only will it save you time (and your back), but it will simply do a better job.

If you can’t decide whether you need a brush cutter or a line trimmer, the good news is that we have a range of cordless garden tools that will do both.

Overview of soil cultivation

Cultivation’s purpose is:

• Loosening soil
• Uprooting weeds
• Top dressing
• Furrowing in

Some gardeners like to cultivate their flower beds and vegetable patches with a spade or other hand tool. This isn’t practical for everyone, especially if you have a larger garden or an allotment. Cordless garden cultivators are a convenient and effective alternative.

The best time to use a cultivator on your garden or allotment soil is autumn or spring, depending on the type of soil in your area. Autumn, before the rain and snow soak the ground, is better for clay soils.

• Evergreens grow more slowly and will keep their shape for longer; conifers will need more attention throughout the year due to the speed they grow.

• Generally speaking, for all hedge species, you will need to trim them at least once a year in spring to keep them tidy and encourage new growth.

• If you like your hedge to look formal - with clean lines and shapes - you’ll need to trim them more regularly throughout the year.

  How To

  Regular trimming of your hedge will help it grow well and vigorously, as well as keeping it in good shape. Here are some tips to keep in mind, whether you cut your hedge by hand or use a battery-powered hedge trimmer.

   

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1. Tidying up after autumn and winter

You’ll need:

• Garden rake or cordless leaf blower

• Wheelbarrow or garden sacks (compostable, biodegradable)

Have a walk around your lawn. Hard objects in the grass could damage your lawn mower or dull the blades. They could also be thrown by the blades, causing damage to other objects in the vicinity, or even cause injury to yourself or someone else.

The arrival of spring in the UK is becoming increasingly unpredictable. Although March and April have traditionally marked the beginning of lawn-mowing season, unusually warmer weather in January and February might mean you’ll need to start sooner.

With this in mind, here are some practical tips to getting your lawn - and your battery-powered mower - ready for action.

1. Safe operation of cordless chainsaws

People who use chainsaws for work need a licence to prove they can operate one safely. You don’t need to be certified to use a chainsaw in your garden but there’s a lot you can learn from the professionals. 

Several people are killed and many are seriously injured each year while pruning trees and cutting logs. Some of these are domestic users, though many are landscaping professionals who have received training. 

Battery-powered chainsaws and their petrol counterparts are powerful and effective tools but they can be dangerous if not used in the correct way. Here’s an overview of safety considerations that will help you prepare to operate your chainsaw the way the professionals do and minimising injury. 

Noisy. Dirty. Uncomfortable. Polluting. Not words usually associated with gardening, but terms regularly connected with petrol. A new whitepaper from EGO looks at the benefits of lithium-ion battery versus petrol powered outdoor equipment. Steve Roskell, marketing director (EMEA) of EGO comments: “In the world of professional landscaping and grounds maintenance, petrol has been the fuel of choice for over 100 years – mainly because there has been no viable challenger.

EGO launches new whitepaper: lithium-ion battery versus petrol powered outdoor equipment.

A new cordless line trimmer from EGO has scooped two awards for innovation at top European trade exhibitions. The technology was awarded with GaLaBau’s Innovation Medal in Nuremberg, and a Technology Innovation Award at Bologne’s EIMA exhibition.

The cordless outdoor power equipment specialist received the coveted accolades for its ST1510E – Power+ Line Trimmer featuring POWERLOAD™ technology; the industry’s first line trimmer tool with a fully automatic line re-loading system.

New cordless line trimmer from EGO has scooped two awards for innovation at top European trade exhibitions.

No Loss of Power

Anyone who has used a Nickel Cadmium cordless tool in the past has experienced the dramatic dip in performance near the end of the battery cycle.

Our Lithium-ion supplies power that stays the same from start to finish. With more consistent power you can get the job done faster. To a professional gardener, time is money.

Memory Effect

Older NiCad batteries suffered from ‘memory effect’. This happens when a battery will no longer charge to full capacity after being charged and discharged several times.

With our Arc Lithium-ion technology, you have a powerful and long-lasting, high-quality battery that gives you maximum performance.

EGO, the cordless outdoor power tool specialist, has helped horticulture students put theory into practice at Bridgwater and Taunton College in Somerset. Sixty students from the college’s horticulture, green keeping, sports turf, countryside management and arboriculture courses attended. Apprentices and employers, who are undertaking the exciting new Apprenticeship Standard, were also invited in to take part in this special training day.

EGO has helped horticulture students put theory into practice at Bridgwater and Taunton College in Somerset.

Plan where you want your leaves to ultimately end up. Put a sheet in the chosen spot, so it’s easier to carry all of the leaves to your compost heap or to bag them.

Work in one direction only especially if there’s a breeze, try and work with it rather than against it; this will help to collect ll of the leaves in just one area. 

Hold the blower at your side and point at the ground at a shallow angle. Use a smooth back-and-forth motion as you walk slowly with the leaf blower in front of you.

Here's how to get the best use out of your leaf blower.

Opening back in 1972, with just two members of staff, Sherborne Turf now has an impressive full-time team of 23. In 2016 the company moved to new premises which enabled the business to expand its offerings to both its trade and retail customers.

EGO Power fitted this opportunity perfectly with its innovative approach to garden machinery, and becoming the EGO dealer enabled the company to offer professional lithium ion powered equipment across north Dorset and South Somerset.

“We believe that the future of garden machinery sales here at the Lawn and Landscape Centre is with Lithium Ion”

As the industry’s leading cordless specialist and the first manufacturer to deliver petrol performance in a battery operated tool, it was only a matter of time before we launched a multi-tool and its already becoming a key product for us.
 
With a single power head and five powerful tool attachments, that can be changed quickly and easily, the new EGO Power⁺ multi-tool is packed with innovation. It pushes the boundaries of cordless battery performance, making it the one tool that every gardener needs to have in their armoury.
 

Until now battery powered multi-tools have always been a jack of all trades but master of none. This has all changed now, thanks to EGO! 

Keeping your hedge trimmer blade sharp is the best way to keep the hedges healthy. Dull blades make ragged cuts tearing foliage instead of cutting it cleanly, which can compromise its health.

The best ways to keep your hedges healthy.

The more efficient way to cut your lawn is to trim the edges first. This will allow for the clippings to be either mulched or collected by the mower. Cut around the edge wide enough so you can turn the mower around without driving into a flower bed.

To avoid brown patches, don’t cut the grass too short; during the cold season, leave the lawn from 5 to 7 cm long, during the warm season instead, 3 to 6 cm.

Take your time; if the grass is tall or slightly wet, it can cause clumps of mulch and uneven patches.

How to get the best results from your lawn care routine.

EGO LM2014E-SP

Best cordless mower for really large lawns – a very high-end turf terminator

SPECIFICATIONS

Power: 40v

Deck size: 50cm

Cutting height: 25-95mm

Grass collector: 60L

Weight: 28kgs

Average run time: 35-45 mins

REASONS TO BUY

+Vari-speed self propulsion+Huge grass collector+Wide steel cutting deck+Fast charging

REASONS TO AVOID

-Pretty damn weighty

Replace your tired old push-along with one of the best no-fuss cordless lawn mowers in town. For you, lawn, the turf war is over