https://www.homestratosphere.com/small-lawn-mowers/

Maybe. Here's just one article I found online. If you want and can swing for a separate lawnmower there, one of these may do.

A grass trimmer for smaller spaces may also do the job, but that seems tedious for 33'. Maybe you could do just around the bushes and planter and handle the rest of the space with a full-sized mower? I have a Thuja back line and use my full-sized there with the trimmer working around the bushes (when young; the older bushes now have branches high enough to get the mower under more easily and if I hit one, no big deal).

Is this strip all of the grass in you yard, or is this only part of your yard?

If this strip is your yard, there are dozen of mowers that would handle the job. I just checked Home Depot and they have a half a dozen electric mowers both corded and battery for less that $130 that would work for you. They have several gas powered mowers for less that $170.

If this strip is your lawn, battery life, and consideration like that would not be a consideration, as I suspect the longest it would every take you to mow that ares is 15 to 20 minutes.

I would use a good string trimmer. I used to "mow" 2,000 feet with a string trimmer. It's easy.

Ye it is in my backyard and it is just a part of it, it is the narrow long segment of a L shaped backyard

The shorter part of the L is much bigger

The mowers I mentioned in my original response would be good for a larger yard.

Approximately how many total square feet will you be mowing. That will be the determinant for what you need. If your yard is so large enough that you would need a 54" 30 hp mower it could be used to mow a strip 8' wide.

It was suggested that you use a string trimmer. I did not mention a string trimmer because I have trouble getting a nice even law with a string trimmer. It seems I always manage at least one or two scalped areas.

krnuttle, yes, it take practice to hold it just right. And if the string grabs and digs in, that's a problem. Practice, practice, practice. I was trying to hold the grass at 12 inches tall, so no mower was going to work for me.

don't get me wrong I already have a mower for the larger sections of the yard

I just need a small one to deal with this more difficult section of the back yard

I don't exactly understand why you feel you need a special mower for that strip, but if it is the distribution of the cut grass I control it by the direction I mow.

I always mow with the grass clipping blowing into the un-cut area. When I finish there are no clipping visible in the yard.

For the long strip in your original question, I would mow around the edge, blowing the clipping into the center and continue spiraling inward until the strip is cut. I would make he final cut blowing the clippings into the garden.

If there is no garden I would do like I do at the road. First mow the grass so the clippings are blown away from the road. If I do get clippings into the road I use the mower to blow them from the road into the grass.

PS: I have this thing about people blowing grass clippings into the road. To me it is like sweeping the floors in you house and putting the dirt under the rug. I suspect that for those people who do blow the clippings into the road, it is their way of telling the neater neighbors "Look I have finally cut my grass"

Clipping blown into the road are a water pollutant, actually (they carry phosphorus off into the storm drains, which then enter local water sources). It's not advisable and it's strongly suggested that clippings be restricted to your property, and blown back onto your property if they go onto the street.

(Today's Fun Fact)

I remember my dad being so proud of himself when he discovered blowing the grass into the street and how much time he saved over bagging. Not much consolation, but by the time he got towards the street just about all the grass had already been mulched into the turf, so not that much actually went into the gutters. Flash forward to today and I blow leaves from the street into my yard. Nothing escapes my yard if I can help it. I need the mulch.

I always find it amusing when I see some one collecting the grass clippings, leaves etc, and getting rid of them either in the trash can, by burning, or other method of disposal.

After they finish that job they apply some expensive fertilizer and grass seed. Between my lawn and flower beds, what happens in my yard stays in my yard.

There are years as I drive through the area and see piles of leave, that I wish I had a way of getting them back to my yard.

That is my problem, this narrow strip is along the patio, between the patio and a fence

On the fence edge I have bushes on the patio edge I have some small planters that I usually remove so I can get the mower in. I am getting tired of that and tired of having to vacuum or blow the patio to remove the grass clippings from it (I do not want seeds or organic matter to get between the bricks of my patio)

So I am looking for something small that does not send grass clippings in all the directions and that can be easily driven in the spaces between the planters and the bushes

I guess the only real solution is a reel mower, like this one from home depot. They cut small areas well, but as you get older can become a problem

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Great-States-Corporation-16-in-5-Blade-Walk-Behind-Nonelectric-Manual-Push-Reel-Lawn-Mower-415-16/100019470

Are they difficult to push or what ?

It has been decades since I used one, and at that time I was in physically better shape. As I remember they pushed rather easy, especially if you mow frequently so the grass does not get to large.

As I remember the yard was about 2000 sqft and it took about a half and hour.

Mine was a nightmare. Not because it was difficult to push, but because my grass was incredibly thick and grew like mad. Most people won't have that problem.

Push reel mowers , unless you have very small yard and fine grass are obsolete . A 14" trimmer or elect mower is all you need. , pretty simple. resolution , why recreate the wheel , not even a half hour job !

Because they gas/electrical use high velocity blades that will send clippings on my patio