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13 Jun 2025

STIHL FS 251 Trimmer: A Comprehensive Review

The STIHL FS 251 is a powerful and robust gas-powered trimmer designed for professional use. It is a heavy-duty machine that is well-suited for tackling tough trimming jobs, from clearing thick grass and weeds to cutting back brush. Here is a comprehensive review of the STIHL FS 251, including its specifications, starting instructions, troubleshooting tips, a comparison with the FS 251 R model, and information on trimmer head compatibility.

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12 Jun 2025

Greasing Your STIHL HL 145° Adjustable Hedge Trimmer

Your STIHL HL 145° adjustable hedge trimmer is a powerful tool, essential for maintaining pristine hedges and shrubs. Like any hardworking piece of equipment, it needs regular maintenance to ensure optimal performance and a long lifespan. One crucial, yet often overlooked, step in this maintenance routine is proper greasing.

Greasing the gearhead of your hedge trimmer ensures smooth operation, reduces friction, and protects internal components from wear and tear, especially important for a tool with a moving, adjustable head. Neglecting this simple task can lead to decreased efficiency, premature wear, and even costly repairs down the line.

Here’s how to properly grease your STIHL HL 145° adjustable hedge trimmer, keeping it in top condition for years of reliable service. This guide incorporates steps and tips from a helpful video demonstration.

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10 Jun 2025

Using cherry laurel as a hedge

Prunus laurocerasus also known as the English laurel or Cherry laurel, is evergreen species of cherry. It is sometimes confused with Laurus nobilis (Grecian laurel or sweet bay), another evergreen which is the victory laurel of ancient Greece.

Native to Europe and Asia, this hardy evergreen is frequently planted underneath the forest tree or as a large ground cover. Laurels have a tendency to become sizable and widespread in the right conditions.

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10 Jun 2025

Ways to make the most of your small yard

Though, a small yard may seem limiting when it comes to designing, correctly utilizing landscaping elements can produce great results. You can do many things to improve a smaller space without taking away too much from other usable space by planning well. The first key component is choosing designs and plants that are not too overwhelming.

This may mean that you would end up sacrificing certain features like sweeping flowers, large pounds, and boulders. The overall goal is to surround your home with a landscape that makes you feel comfortable and not confined.

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10 Jun 2025

A few benefits of doing your own garden work

Yard maintenance is one of the many trades that don’t require you to have any fancy degree. It’s also free and available to anyone willing to get there hands a little dirty. In fact, we have been doing it throughout history as a part of our everyday lives. Yard work such as gardening produces food and provides us with an aesthetically pleasing environment.

This once common practice is becoming a lesser part of our lifestyle with the emergence of landscaping companies. They have made it easy to hire some else to do your maintenance. At the same time, this process of assigning your yard care to someone else could be hindering you form some of the many benefits.

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