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The Best Tools For Landscaping There’s several and necessary tools that you need to have if you’re working to have a good landscape. Use and maintain this basic equipment, you can find cheap tools, but in the end you’ll have to invest money for getting the next ten. Round point shovel(cost 20$ to 30$) One of the most useful and cheap tools that you can find is a round point shovel; this steel blade rounded and beveled can help you when you need to work and dig the dirt, manure and gravel. The blade beveled is designed to work easily the sod or root material; with this you’ll have a great companion for weeding, digging holes for plants or even transplanting plants. Rakes(from 10$ to 50$) You can find different kind of rakes depending on what you need it for. There are long-handled and metal-toothed rake that is perfect for moving dirt, rocks and if you need it spread mulch. Go for a plastic rake to take care of lawn health by raking leaves, grass clippings and other debris that you can find in your garden. Hoe(10$ to 40$) This a good long handle tool that works great for digging and spreading your landscape, it has a blade in a good angle and you can find different forms and sharpness depending if you need to slice weed roots or breaking up soil, if it’s the first you’ll need gooseneck hoe and if the second buy a garden hoe. Flat border spade (60$ to 70$) Different from a shovel it doesn’t have an angle and is useful for separate border areas, uproot grass, define flowerbeds, and a great tool for lawn maintenance. It helps in keeping control of the grass. Also, Abbildung 1: from http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkramer62

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The Best Tools For Landscaping

There’s several and necessary tools that you need to have if you’re working to have a good landscape.Use and maintain this basic equipment, you can find cheap tools, but in the end you’ll have to invest money for getting the next ten.

Round point shovel(cost 20$ to 30$)One of the most useful and cheap tools that you can find is a round point shovel; this steel blade rounded and beveled can help you when you need to work and dig the dirt, manure and gravel. The blade beveled is designed to work easily the sod or root material; with this you’ll have a great companion for weeding, digging holes for plants or even transplanting plants.

Rakes(from 10$ to 50$)You can find different kind of rakes depending on what you need it for. There are long-handled and metal-toothed rake that is perfect for moving dirt, rocks and if you need it spread mulch. Go for a plastic rake to take care of lawn health by raking leaves, grass clippings and other debris that you can find in your garden.

Hoe(10$ to 40$)This a good long handle tool that works great for digging and spreading your landscape, it has a blade in a good angle and you can find different forms and sharpness depending if you need to slice weed roots or breaking up soil, if it’s the first you’ll need gooseneck hoe and if the second buy a garden hoe.

Flat border spade (60$ to 70$)Different from a shovel it doesn’t have an angle and is useful for separate border areas, uproot grass, define flowerbeds, and a great tool for lawn maintenance. It helps in keeping control of the grass. Also,

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the flat blade is useful for dig down into the soil.

Chainsaw(130$ to 200$)Either if you find a gas-powered or an electric chainsaw, its sharpen teethes are good for cutting trees and concrete, very useful for downed tree limbs, big branches. The downside of this tool is that requiresextra accessories and practice so you can handle safely. If you are looking for a chainsaw can recommend http://www.greatchainsawreviews.com

Shears(20$ to 30$)This a cheap tool with a good variety of uses, cut and trim flowers likes roses, or hedging boxwoods and looping tree limbs. The downside, depending on the task that you need it to use it you’ll need a specific shears, such as small bypass shears, hedge shears and looping shears.

Lawn mowerThis can be different from other tools, so let’s explain how much you need for having one of these. A lawn mower needs a 100$ reel, 300$ in gas and the riding mower that can cost around 1,500$.Also, you can find it electric or gas powered, it can be pushed or ridden as self-propelled or hand-propelled. If you’re a green environment person go for a push-type reel mower, it can be an excellent green choice.

EdgerLike the lawn mower it has different parts, it has 30$ foot powered, electrics value in 90$ and you can spend 190$ in gas. An edger can be found manual or automatic, it’s great for clearing the separations inthe grass and all the adjacent of surfaces as around trees and flowerbeds.

Wheelbarrow(30$ to 250$)You can find it in made of plastic or metal, they help to move soil, plants, in other words anything that can fit in it. Also, you can find it with one or two wheels and a couple balancing handles.

Hand trowel(5$ to 10$)You’ll need this tool for making small holes when you need to plant seeds or bulbs, this can be very useful in the maintenance of landscaping.