Lawn Care Tools - Make Your Gardening Chores Easier and Faster

Once you have spent all the money, time and effort on landscaping your yard, your work has only just begun. To properly maintain what you just invested in you'll need to make use of an almost endless possibility of lawn care tools as well as a collection of gardening equipment.

How do you decide which tools make sense for your lawn and garden? Most people pick up items as they go. The very yard that they is receiving the care often presents the caretaker with what tools will be needed. You can save time and money however, if you plan ahead and make a working list of tools and equipment that you anticipate using.

For the lawn care portion of your yard, most of what you are going to need is fairly straight forward. You will most likely have a combination of power tools and hand tools for lawn maintenance and related work. For most, a basic push mower is sufficient. Toro, Lawn Boy, Craftsmen and Snapper are just a few of the brands that offer a range of mowers and other lawn care power tools that will work for any sized lawn. A gas-powered or electric edger should be added to the mix as well. You probably will also want to consider getting a weed wacker to attack some of those hard-to-get-to places.

To take care of your flower bed weeding needs, you'll need to put together another set of tools. Some of what you get for lawn care can be used for the garden as well. But there are specific tools for specific needs. A small garden rake, hoe and hand trowel will be just about enough. Be leery of some of the new fangled easy gardening tools that are advertised. Sure they will probably work in soft soils, but for most yards the tried and true are always the most effective.

Add a spade or garden shovel to your supplies. You will probably be periodically planting new plants or taking out old ones. A good shovel always comes in handy for repair work as well. You might have to dig up a section of your lawn in the event of a broken pipe or sprinkler head, for example. The uses for a sturdy shovel are nearly endless. Toss in a light weight leaf and lawn clipping rake for the detailed cleanups and you are getting closer to having all the bases covered.

Pruning shears and hand shears are also nice tools to keep around. For the nooks and crannies of your yard, hand shears will be a big help. And for the stubborn shrubs, fruit trees and heavy growth plants, pruning shears or even hedge trimmers will come in handy.

These are just a few of the many tools you might consider. The list of potential tools for the care of your lawn and garden is nearly endless. If you thoroughly enjoy working in the yard and view it as a way to decompress from other life stressers, you'll have a ball accumulating all of your tools. An investment in lawn care tools, in this case, is an investment in you.