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Landscaping Equipment

Perhaps you are a new homeowner and are ready to get started on the landscaping portion of your new home, or you may have had the same lawn and garden for the last twenty years and are eager for a change. Either way, as you set out to plan your landscaping endeavor, you will need a variety of landscaping equipment to add you in your tasks.

You may not have an enormous landscaping plan, or the budget to carry out a such a plan, but even if you have the simplest of yards you will want enough landscaping equipment to maintain a healthy lawn. Some people think that a lawn mower is all the landscaping equipment they need; keep the grass cut, and they are doing their part to beautify the neighborhood. While keeping the lawn trimmed is always a good idea, there are plenty of more applications for landscaping equipment for basic lawn care.

Depending on the kind of yard you have, and your intentions, there are different kids of landscaping equipment you will need. Keeping your lawn need and presentable will require a mower, of course, and the following: an edger (used to get the corners your lawn mower misses,) and hedge clippers (used to shape your hedges to the right height and width.) Rakes, brooms and the like are a needed component as well, to clean up fallen leaves and blown cut grass.

There are more basic landscaping tools to consider, such as hoes, shovels, and trowels for gardening work. If you are planning on posts for your garden or installing a fence, a post-hole digger would be an essential piece of landscaping equipment.

For more specialized or delicate work, consider adding saws, trimmers, pruning knives; even seed spreaders and dirt cultivators are not out of reach when filling your shed. After taking the time to consider your needs, write out a shopping list and pay a visit to your local nursery or hardware store. When your neighbor stops by to compliment you on your healthy lawn, you will be glad you did.