Choosing Appropriate Landscape Maintenance Equipment
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We all like to make our jobs easier and having the right landscape maintenance equipment would make keeping our landscape beautiful simpler. Below we have detailed descriptions of some of the most basic and important tools every home gardener should have in their shed.
The home gardener really only needs one good spade, a square shovel, a large and small rake, a hoe and a large and small trowel. Of course if you have a lawn you will also need a good lawnmower and a weed-eater.
A good shovel should be at the top of your list of landscape maintenance equipment. A pointed shovel is referred to as a spade. This is needed for digging up weeds, planting a tree, and for turning over the dirt. A square shovel is used to make a path smooth and for snow removal.
Two rakes, a large one and a small one, make a good addition to a landscape maintenance equipment storage shed. For the huge job of cleaning up all those fall leaves you would need a large rake. The smaller rake is for the intricate task of cleaning debris from around delicate flowers.
Thirdly are trowels. Trowels are available with long or short handles. A hand trowel will have a short handle suitable for planting small flowers or vegetables plants. A larger trowel with a long handle is great for creating beds.
Landscape maintenance equipment used for pruning is also very necessary and should be readily available. Shears are great for shaping a hedge and keeping it looking neat and tidy.
Pruners are needed during the time of the year that you want to severely trim back trees. This is especially important for fruit trees to bear a good crop of fruit in their next cycle.
A garden wagon or wheelbarrow is great for moving trees, bushes, sod, large landscape rocks or fertilizer from area to another. You can mix a small amount of cement in a wheelbarrow for those small repair jobs around the patio or yard. These are available in various sizes also. This tool has saved my back on more than one occasion.
These mowers can be used for the lawn, clearing brush, mulching, and even to pick up the leaves. This piece of landscape maintenance equipment will probably be your largest purchase. Do your homework, shop around and you may find one on sale near you.
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