The weed-whacker is the the most formidable opponent that my garden has faced thus far. I was out of town for 10 days, and I came back to a grizzly scene. I've seen aphids on old plants, I've heard tell of horrible tomato blight in years past, and there are definitely plenty of slugs in my lettuce, but none of these tiny pests have come close in destruction to the yard guy with a weed-whacker who descended upon my yard two days ago. The guys my landlord pays to cut the grass hacked down my 3 month-old arugula, some carrots, and trampled my baby beets. I put fences around most everything to keep the dogs out, but the few spots without a fence got it. I pulled the carrots, the beets have a good chance since they were so small, and I guess I'll see what happens to the arugula, but it doesn't look good.
Next steps: Get the yard guys off the calendar. Buy this. Cut the grass myself.
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