On 22/07/2012 19:03, David Hill wrote:
On 22/07/2012 18:43, Lobster wrote:
On 22/07/2012 14:28, David Hill wrote:
On 22/07/2012 00:30, Lobster wrote:
Does such a thing exist? Seems odd to me but I'm struggling to find
any
long-reach hedge-trimmers which aren't
petrol/electric/rechargeable... I
can reach all the furthest-away bit of my hedges with my existing kit,
but there's a narrow strip which is beyond my reach regardless of any
combination of ladders etc, and I don't want/need the hassle/expense of
anything other than some form of manual shears just to do those bits.
Distance would be about 1.5-2m I suppose?

This is why in the days of hand clipped hedges they used to be tapered,
getting much narrower to the top (Wedge shaped) this was so that it was
much easier to clip the top without having to try to lean to far over.

Well the offending hedge is indeed pretty-much wedge-shaped (sadly
upside down though!)

What plants are you having to trim for this hedge?

Um - I'm no gardener! ducks

There are two offending ones I can't reach with my ordinary trimmers -
one's a really spikey sort of gorse-like thing which is like a big
sphere really; and there's an adjoining plant of comparable size which I
have no clue about. Dark green, tiny leaves. They provide cover between
the footpath and the drive basically.

David