Keep Your Lawn Looking Good With These 8 Examples of Lawn Maintenance Equipment

A well kept lawn is easy when you have the right lawn maintenance equipment. Choose one or more of the 8 items shown below to improve the look of your lawn.

1. Lawn Mower

A mower is one of the first choices for lawn care equipment. Mower options fall into two large categories, manual or self propelled. Manual mowers include old fashioned rotary push lawn mowers using gas powered engines. Electric lawn mowers have low upkeep and keep you active during normal lawn care activities. Self propelled mowers are the easiest for covering large areas, riding lawn mowers are usually the model of choice.Keep a sickle bar mower handy for yards with sloping hills or uneven layout. Your choices will be driven by the workload, so keep that in mind as you consider your mower options.

2. Irrigation Equipment (in-ground, hoses and sprinklers)

It is important to make sure your yard gets the appropriate amount of water for healthy grass development. An in-ground system provides full coverage with controls to spread the watering over time. You can get started more quickly using a few lawn sprinklers with hoses connected to your backyard faucet. Plan on time for removal or relocation of the sprinklers prior to a mower session in the yard.

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. Your blower is a very handy tool for collecting the clippings from your trimmer activity, thus completing your task in style!

4. Edger

For maintaining side yards or neutral ground between your yard and the street, an edger is the way to go. Both gas powered and electric edgers give you the capability you need for keeping up with growth along the edge of your yard. The cutting head can be adjusted to give you a variable cut angle to suit the layout of your lawn. Your yard will look at its best with regular use of an edger for controlling weeds and overgrown grass.

5. Tiller

Having a tiller is a great help for anyone planning extensive yard preparations. A tiller gives you an easy way to break up the soil and allow water and air to reach your plants. Your planting efforts wil be rewarded with new growth thanks to the soil preparation. Tillers help with weed control by exposing the roots to air, as well as keeping them away from a source of water. Using a gas powered tiller will make your job easier if you have plans for a large garden or flower bed.

6. Rakes/Shovels

You can keep up with clippings, leaves and cut grass easily using a rake. You can quickly rake up piles as needed, then bag the piles for disposal as you see fit.

A sturdy shovel is invaluable for keeping up with many lawn care tasks. If you have a need to create a trench or planting area, using a shovel gives you a lot of freedom to meet this need while being low cost.

7. Fertilizer spreader

Using fertilizer is a great way to maintain a good looking lawn. Using fertilizer can quickly improve the appearance of your yard even if you have poor soil. 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. Choose the spreader that makes your job as easy as possible.

8. Aerator

Making use of an aerator will enable water and air to move through a dense grass buildup and reach the grass roots. Good pathways for air and water will build up the root structure and keep out garden pests.

There you have it, a suite of lawn maintenance equipment that will help you keep your lawn in great shape. You will find most of these items at your neighborhood hardware store or garden center.

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