How To Cut Weeds With A Machete

Step 1

Set up your work station. Take the machete and the garbage receptacle out to the weedy area. Make sure the machete's blade is sharp enough to hack through even the toughest weeds, reeds and other ugly growing stuff. You can sharpen it with a sharpening stone if needed. Put on a pair of thick gardening gloves.

Step 2

Grasp the offensive weeds. Use one hand to grasp the weeds about two feet off the ground, sort of like if you were grabbing someone by their hair. Pull the weeds taut.

Step 3

Step 4

Begin to hack away. Use your other hand not grasping the weeds to firmly hold the machete with all your fingers wrapped securely around the handle. In one, strong sweeping motion, hack at the weeds as close to the ground as you can without hitting the ground. Hitting the ground may slow down your swing and dull the machete.

Step 5

Move on to the next section. Repeat your grab and hack method throughout the entire weed patch until all the offensive weeds are successfully cut down.

Step 6

Collect all weed debris in a very large, strong garbage bag or equally substantial pail. You may want to haul your main garbage can out to dump the weeds while you are still holding part of them in your hand. Otherwise you may just end up with an unwieldy pile of weeds as thick as they were standing. The pile may look ominous and you may become too lazy-or scared-to go pick them up.

Step 7