Landscape Tools Every Homeowner Should Own
Whether you’re an avid gardener, do minimum maintenance doer or hire a professional to care for your landscape, there are some tools that every homeowner should have. Here’s our list of outdoor tools you should have in your garage or shed:
- Gloves – No matter what chore you need to do, a good pair of gloves will save your hands from many getting cut up or scraped by thorns and sharp branches, blisters, poison ivy, and more. Gloves should fit tightly, have a closure around your wrist, and have gripping material.
- Hose & Sprinkler – Summer can get pretty dry, especially in August. While conserving water is always a good thing to consider, your lawn will turn brown if it goes too many days without water, as will your vegetable garden.
- Garden Rake – Rakes are a great all-purpose tool for both spreading things out and gathering things together. Equally great at spreading mulch as it is at gathering leaves. Rakes with plastic tines are better for lightweight materials like dry leaves and grass. Metal tines are better for chores that require deeper scooping.
- Wheelbarrow – A perfect tool for hauling leaves, mulch, and brush with much less back work.
- Shovels – Shovels come in lots of shapes and sizes so it’s best to think about what chores you would need a shovel for. Rounded shovels are good scoopers. Flat squared-off shovels are best for edging. Handheld shovels are a necessity for garden beds. And don’t forget the snow shovel.
- Pruners – Another tool with many uses, pruners are used for trimming, clipping, and taming bushes and flower beds. Smaller pruners work best with smaller branches. Larger ones usually have longer handles for larger projects.
- Weed Whacker – These are needed to trim spaces too narrow for a lawn mower. It’s also great for tall grasses. Go for a battery-powered one so you don’t have to drag a long electrical cord all over the yard.
- Trowel – This tool is invaluable for weeding garden beds.
- Garden Hoe – This is a handy tool for breaking ground and marking garden rows. A hoe with a longer handle will save your back.
- Leaf Blower – Leaf blowers will not only keep the lawn free of leaves but are great for quickly clearing a porch or patio of debris. A battery-powered one is best so no cord is needed. And usually, battery-powered ones are quieter.
Once your garage or shed is well stocked, come into Augustine to find those shrubs, trees, and perennials that will being your landscape to life.
