Gardening

Best Cordless Hedge Trimmers

Cordless hedge trimmers have all but replaced petrol for home use. Modern brushless 40–60V models cut as fast as the…

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Best Wood Chippers for Branches

If you've got a tree-lined property, a wood chipper turns the annual fallen-branch problem into a free supply of mulch.…

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Best Chainsaws for Cutting Firewood

Cutting your own firewood is one of the great satisfying jobs of country life — sawdust on your boots, the…

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Best Cordless Leaf Blowers

Petrol leaf blowers are loud enough to be banned in some Sydney councils and California cities. Cordless models have come…

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Best String Trimmers for Edging Lawns

A clean lawn edge is what makes a tidy yard look professional. The grass can be patchy and the beds…

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Best Self-Propelled Lawn Mowers for Hills

Pushing a mower up a slope is a workout. Doing it twice a fortnight is an injury. A self-propelled mower…

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Best Cordless Lawn Mowers for Small Yards

If your lawn is under 300 sqm, a cordless mower is almost certainly the right tool. Modern brushless motors and…

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Best Pruning Saws for Older Trees

Once a branch is too thick for loppers, you reach for a pruning saw. Modern pull-stroke saws — almost all…

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Best Pole Pruners for Tree Branches

Reaching into a tree from a ladder is the single most dangerous job in a home garden. A good pole…

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Best Bypass Pruners for Small Hands

Most pruners are built for a 90th-percentile male hand — too wide a grip, too stiff a spring, too long…

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