I have just spent all morning and afternoon playing with my new Stihl strimmer/hedge-trimmer/pruner/brush-cutter. The pruner is basically a chainsaw on a 2m pole. It is an uberweapon.
It is utterly superb. Thanks for the rec, rae.
I am surrounded by dead, dying and decimated vegetation. I'm going out now with my industrial sprayer and 250 litres of sodium chlorate. Take that, nature! Mankind wins!