Choosing Appropriate Landscape Maintenance Equipment

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.

I am sure we are familiar with shovels, rakes, and trowels.  Almost every home has at least one variation of landscape maintenance equipment stored in their garage or garden shed.

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.

Trowels come in large and small sizes as well. The hand trowel with its shorter handle is used for making smaller holes to accept smaller plants such as in a small flower bed.  The trowel that has a longer handle would be used to carve out rows for planting a larger vegetable garden.

The home gardener would also need a set of shears and pruners.  The shears would be for keep neatly trimmed hedges and bushes.  The pruners are used for the larger job of cutting back the dead branches from fruit trees to allow new growth during the next growing season.

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.

The lawnmower is a vital piece of landscape maintenance equipment.  There are several types of mowers, which one you get depends on your needs.

Do you have a large piece of property?  If so you would need a ride-on lawnmower.  If you just have a small side yard to mow a small push mower would do the job.  Most people need an in between size power mower.  The power mowers are very versatile. They can be used for cutting the lawn, clearing brush, mulching, and even to pick up the leaves.

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