Notes from the guy who still does his own yard
Saturday yard care, told straight.
I'm Tom. I've been doing my own yard for 35 years. I write here about the tools that last, the small adjustments that keep you working into your sixties, and the occasional back-saver worth talking about.
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Tools That Last · By Tom
How A 3-Minute Trimmer Fix Saved My Saturday Back
After 30 years of trimming my own yard, I finally figured out why my back hurt every Sunday. It wasn't the trimmer. It was the handle.
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Tom's the writer. The yard's the teacher.
I've replaced enough cheap yard gear to know what's worth recommending and what isn't. The Weekend Yardsman is where I share the stuff that actually held up — in my yard, on my back, across thirty-five Saturdays a year.
It's also a paid publication. Field & Harvest Co helps me keep this thing running. They make some of the tools I write about. I get a cut when someone takes my recommendation. I'll never recommend something I don't actually use.
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Three edging mistakes I made for twenty years before I figured them out. Why my STIHL has outlasted four cheaper trimmers. The tip I wish someone had told me when I turned 50. Drop your email and I'll send a note when the next piece is up — or just check back Saturday.