5 Tools For Clearing Overgrown Land

Clearing overgrown land can be a daunting task. Choose the right tool for the job and it can be a breeze! Here are 5 of my favorites that make clearing overgrown land satisfying and fun!

Reader Contribution by Grace Campbell
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Whether you’re expanding your lawn, caring for overgrown fields and meadows, or blazing new trails through woodlands, clearing overgrown land can be a daunting task. What was once clean, open land can quickly become a tangled mess covered with brush, woody saplings, and tough weeds. But where to start? How to even begin to attack the mess and turn it into the clear space that you want? Start with the right tools. These are 5 of our favorites here at DR – tools that are easy to use, get the job done like a champ, and are even fun to use.

man pushing an orange mower across thick brush

The big, bad brush mower

For clearing most large areas overgrown land, a brush mower is your best bet. Choose a walk-behind (also known as ‘self-propelled’) model for walkable areas, and a tow-behind model (often called a ‘brush hog’) for really large fields and meadows. These machines are real beasts in the field, chopping through saplings 3″ thick and not even pausing at tough weeds and grasses. Most people who use a brush mower for the first time are shocked at how powerful they are and how much fun they are to use. It’s a lot of power – all in your hands and ready to rock!

Uproot saplings with a Brush Grubber

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