Keeping your lawn in good shape requires a good set of lawn maintenance equipment. Here is a list of 8 items that you need to keep your lawn healthy and looking good!

1. Lawn Maintenance Equipment

2. Keeping your lawn in good shape requires a good set of lawn
maintenance equipment. Here is a list of 8 items that you
need to keep your lawn healthy and looking good!

3. 1. Lawn Mower
This is the most common lawn care equipment item today. Mower
options fall into two large categories, manual or self propelled. Manual
mowers include old fashioned rotary push mowers as well as electric
or gas powered mowers. Riding lawn mowers are the top of the range
of self propelled mowers, with other models including standing
platforms for operators. The key to focus on is how much lawn needs
mowing, and how much time you want to devote to this task.

4. 2. Irrigation Equipment (in-ground, hoses and sprinklers)
Yards thrive on water, so you want to find the best option for providing
the right amount of water to keep a healthy lawn. An in-ground system
provides full coverage with controls to spread the watering over time.
A lower cost option to get started with is lawn sprinklers connected to
garden hoses from outdoor faucets. The drawback of lawn sprinklers
is that they need to be moved prior to mowing.

5. 3. Trimmer/Blower
Portable trimmers and blowers are a great addition to your lawn care
toolset. Trimmers are great for keeping your shrubbery and hedges
looking good. Once you have finished your trim job, you can use the
blower to collect up the shrubbery trimmings for bagging and disposal.

6. 4. Edger
An edger gives you a great way to keep your sidewalks and curbs
looking great. There are plenty of electric and gas powered models to
choose from. You can vary the angle of the cut to fit the type of grass
in your lawn. With regular use, an edger will keep weeds and other
unwanted lawn growth under control, thus giving your yard a crisp,
well trimmed appearance!

7. 5. Tiller
A tiller is a great tool for preparing a new lawn, flower beds, or other
areas where you are beginning a planting project. By breaking up the
soil, you provide pathways for water and air to reach into the soil. This
will promote the new growth you are seeking in your planting efforts. It
also breaks up weeds and other unwanted plants by exposing the
roots to air and draining away water. Gas powered tillers are the most
effective in preparing large areas of soil for new planting.

8. 6. Rakes/Shovels
Rakes give you the ability to collect up lawn trash, clippings and leaves
quickly and easily. Once you have your piles raked up, you can bag
them for your trash pickup, or bring them to a compost pile.
Shovels have been used for a variety of lawn maintenance tasks. From
soil preparation, tree planting or trench digging to enable adequate
drainage, a shovel gives you a lot of flexibility to deal with any lawn
preparation task.

9. 7. Fertilizer spreader
Fertilizer can be a great aid to keeping your lawn in good shape. It
makes a huge difference when the quality of the soil is poor. There are
hand operated spreaders that scatter the fertilizer with a hand crank.
Drop spreaders are two-wheeled devices that allow a small stream of
fertilizer to drop on the lawn as you move across the lawn. Pick the
style that best suits your needs.

10. 8. Aerator
Using an aerator breaks through a dense thatch to allow water and air to
penetrate down to the roots of your grass. This will promote better root
health and enable your lawn to better resist disease and pests.
There you have it, a suite of lawn maintenance equipment that will help
you keep your lawn in great shape. Head on down to the hardware
store today and pick up a few of these items today!

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