Using the Appropriate Landscaping Upkeep Equipment

Landscape maintenance equipment can be large and take up a lot of space in your garden shed or garage. We have listed below some of the most commonly used equipment and may be the only ones you need to execute new landscaping ideas and keep your garden well maintained.}

The home gardener should only need about nine or ten pieces of essential landscape maintenance equipment. For example the shovel, rake, hoe, trowel, wheelbarrow and lawnmower are key tools for home gardening maintenance.

First the shovel, it is necessary for turning the soil, digging holes for new plantings or any other garden job that involves creating large or small holes. Secondly are the rakes.

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.

A large and small trowel will be needed also. The smaller hand trowel is used in the spring to plant small seedlings. A longer handled trowel is needed for making rows in a 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.

Another important piece of landscape maintenance equipment would be the wheelbarrow or wagon. These can aid in moving various plants, bushes, trees and rocks to the desired location. This tool, can be helpful in saving the user from back injury due to heavy lifting.

Our ride-on lawnmower is my husband's personal favorite piece of landscape maintenance equipment, which he uses to mow our 2 acres. You may have very small lawn area that will only require a push style mower. The majority of people need some type of power mower.

Finally, the lawnmower, this is a basic piece of landscape maintenance equipment that every home has and is used for maintaining a beautiful lawn. Again, the lawnmower comes in a variety of sizes depending on the size of your lot. We own a ride-on lawnmower because we have over an acre of green area to maintain. Most lawnmowers come with different attachments that can be used to cut lawn, pick up leaves, and mulching jobs.