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Yes a strimmer.
Ours cost £8 from a boot sale and is small.
It's also a good idea to cut a different height / twice around the edges to get a bit of variation and give it some shape.
Harder work but more analog would be either a hand scythe and a stick or a decent length machete. Both require a bit of technique. A machete is prob more versatile, but a scythe will be more efficient. Either way if it's x2-3 a year it doesn't matter that much.
£5 says you'll spend less on a 2nd hand strimmer than you will on a new machete or hand scythe.
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I got rid of my lawnmower because I only have about max 5sqm of lawn and I'm trying to cultivate a perennial meadow so hardly need to mow it. It's also quite a funny shape, so I don't have heaps of room to maneuver something big.
I do want to cut it back this winter. What's the best approach? A strimmer makes sense, but I don't know how much you have to spend to get a good one. A scythe seems cool but a bit overkill in 5sqm.
Rent a strimmer twice a year? A sickle?
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