One of the biggest developments in connection with the “green garden urge” is the variety of labor-saving tools that turns gardening, landscape maintenance and lawn care into a time saver and pleasure.
For many people, the biggest draw-back to gardening was the cultivation and preparation of the garden plot, and the constant weeding. Originally this involved a lot of back-breaking work with a shovel or spade, rake, hoe, or cultivator – the gas powered rototiller solved the problem of preparing the ground. When the weeds started the labor increased. If you allowed the weeds to get ahead the upper hand, you ended with partial results or perhaps gave up entirely.
The old method of using a hand hoe was to dig a few inches in the soil, then draw toward him, mixing and lifting the soil and repeating this rotary motion. All this is now changed with modern labor saving machinery. You can now purchase machines for very little that will do exactly the same rotary motion a hundred times faster. These machines have little revolving hoes or cultivators that literally pulverize the soil. They make it easy to prepare a large plot for planting. They turn cultivating and weeding into a pleasure. They do all the work in a fraction of the time and use just enough labor to give good exercise.
Tools Like
- Lawn Mowers – Zero Turn, Battery Powered, Gas, Diesel And Manual
- Weed Eaters
- Leaf Blowers – Gas, Battery Powered, Electric
- Rototillers – Small And Heavy Duty
- Edgers
- Chain Saws – Electric And Gas Powered
- Pressure Washers – Electric And Gas Powered
- Battery Powered Drills
- Irrigation Systems
- Time Release Fertilizers
- Sprayers – Handheld, Backpack
and a host of other assorted tools.
Many basic power units can also be combined for a great many other jobs. There are low priced attachments for almost any kind of work around the average home or garden. They cover such things as hoeing or cultivating, lawn mowing, trimming, edging, mulching, snow blowing, pumping, painting or spraying, leaf shredding or wood sawing. They even have battery powered equipment so one can have portable power for dozens of uses. Many manufacturers of good power garden tools offering all sorts of such extra tools to help you enjoy gardening and make it easy and profitable.
Many of these machines and attachments can be found down at the local home improvement center – Lowe’s and Home Depot – or garden and home shows. You should plan to see them and learn all you can about what they have to offer.
Most garden supply dealers are eager to show you some of this modern equipment. Tell them you want to get some of the FUN in gardening, landscaping and lawn care; insist that you run it first – and you be the judge. You will be surprised at how much more you will enjoy your outdoor work with the right kind of tools… and boys love power tools.
