Landscaping Supplies: Lawn Care Equipment, Mowing
Buying landscaping supplies for your yard? Or perhaps buying gifts for loved ones in need of lawn care equipment? These landscaping supply choices are linked to further info for each product. There's information on gardening books, chain saws, live animal traps and ratchet pruners, too, besides mulching lawn mowers, leaf vacuums and leaf blowers and other lawn care equipment.
Lawn Mower Buying FAQ - Tips on Selecting Lawn Mowers
How to select a lawn mower to buy? With the array of choices out there today, you'd better do your homework -- beginning with this FAQ! Buying the best lawn mower for you involves assessing your situation completely, including some soul-searching. Factors to consider in buying lawn mowers: size of lot, environment and your willingness to perform both lawn care and lawn mower care regularly.
How to select a lawn mower to buy? With the array of choices out there today, you'd better do your homework -- beginning with this FAQ! Buying the best lawn mower for you involves assessing your situation completely, including some soul-searching. Factors to consider in buying lawn mowers: size of lot, environment and your willingness to perform both lawn care and lawn mower care regularly.
Lawn Mower Reviews
Buying a lawn mower? What exactly are you looking for in a lawn mower? My consumer product reviews on lawn mowers focus on the practical needs of ordinary homeowners.
Buying a lawn mower? What exactly are you looking for in a lawn mower? My consumer product reviews on lawn mowers focus on the practical needs of ordinary homeowners.
Review: String Trimmers
Consumer product review of Black & Decker "Grass Hog" electric string trimmers. This piece will help the buyer choose between corded, gas and cordless string trimmers.
Consumer product review of Black & Decker "Grass Hog" electric string trimmers. This piece will help the buyer choose between corded, gas and cordless string trimmers.
Lawn Irrigation Systems
Consult the answers to these frequently asked questions about sprinklers and drip irrigation to why these landscaping supplies might make your yard work easier -- and save you money to boot.
Consult the answers to these frequently asked questions about sprinklers and drip irrigation to why these landscaping supplies might make your yard work easier -- and save you money to boot.
Lawn Mower Tune-Up
Instructions are provided for the do-it-yourselfer to perform a lawn mower tune-up (tuneup). A lawn mower tune-up consists of three steps.
Instructions are provided for the do-it-yourselfer to perform a lawn mower tune-up (tuneup). A lawn mower tune-up consists of three steps.
Lawn Mower Care FAQ - Tips on Care for Lawn Mowers
Are you a "gadgets person?" If so, you may not need this FAQ on lawn mower care. Some folks enjoy tinkering around and don't mind lawn mower care that much. But for others, lawn mower care is bothersome. For them, it's bad enough that the lawn has to be mowed; they feel put upon that, in addition, lawn mower care is required. The tips in this lawn mower care FAQ are geared for the latter group.
Are you a "gadgets person?" If so, you may not need this FAQ on lawn mower care. Some folks enjoy tinkering around and don't mind lawn mower care that much. But for others, lawn mower care is bothersome. For them, it's bad enough that the lawn has to be mowed; they feel put upon that, in addition, lawn mower care is required. The tips in this lawn mower care FAQ are geared for the latter group.
Consumer Product Review of a Classic: Reel Lawn Mowers
Although a classic lawn mower (it was, after all, the first), today's reel lawn mowers are no antiques. This consumer product review explains why modern reel lawn mowers are gaining in popularity in some circles, as an alternative to the "standard" lawn mower -- the rotary mower. Learn under what circumstances it may make sense to "take 1 step back in order to advance 2 steps forward."
Although a classic lawn mower (it was, after all, the first), today's reel lawn mowers are no antiques. This consumer product review explains why modern reel lawn mowers are gaining in popularity in some circles, as an alternative to the "standard" lawn mower -- the rotary mower. Learn under what circumstances it may make sense to "take 1 step back in order to advance 2 steps forward."
Lawn Mowing Tips
It's okay if you're a novice at lawn mowing: it's easy to learn. Lawn mowing doesn't take a lot of strength or skill -- just follow these tips.
It's okay if you're a novice at lawn mowing: it's easy to learn. Lawn mowing doesn't take a lot of strength or skill -- just follow these tips.
Review: Cordless Mulching Lawn Mowers
Mulching lawn mowers can be great time-savers. They save you not only from disposing of grass clippings but also from fall leaf removal. Find out the pros and cons of a cordless model. These cordless models run on batteries and must be compared and contrasted with both corded electric models and gas-powered models.
Mulching lawn mowers can be great time-savers. They save you not only from disposing of grass clippings but also from fall leaf removal. Find out the pros and cons of a cordless model. These cordless models run on batteries and must be compared and contrasted with both corded electric models and gas-powered models.
How to Install Garden Edging
Garden edging is used for reasons that go beyond landscape aesthetics. Garden edging, e.g., keeps grass stolons out of your landscape beds, while incorporating a mowing strip into your lawn greatly facilitates mowing.
Garden edging is used for reasons that go beyond landscape aesthetics. Garden edging, e.g., keeps grass stolons out of your landscape beds, while incorporating a mowing strip into your lawn greatly facilitates mowing.
How to Use Leaf Blower/Vacs
This brief article addresses how to use leaf blower/vacs in the sense of developing a plan for employing leaf blower/vacs as one component in a yard-cleanup arsenal. Where it makes sense, use them to supplement rakes.
This brief article addresses how to use leaf blower/vacs in the sense of developing a plan for employing leaf blower/vacs as one component in a yard-cleanup arsenal. Where it makes sense, use them to supplement rakes.
Wood Chippers Built Tough: Troy-Bilt Wood Chippers
Consumer product reviews series entry for lawn equipment. Troy-Bilt wood chippers come in 6.5 horsepower and 10 horsepower models. I recommend the 10 HP wood chipper here. It's penny-wise and pound-foolish to scrimp on wood chippers. This equipment is asked to do heavy-duty work. So if you're going to spend money at all on a wood chipper, get one that you can rely on.
Consumer product reviews series entry for lawn equipment. Troy-Bilt wood chippers come in 6.5 horsepower and 10 horsepower models. I recommend the 10 HP wood chipper here. It's penny-wise and pound-foolish to scrimp on wood chippers. This equipment is asked to do heavy-duty work. So if you're going to spend money at all on a wood chipper, get one that you can rely on.
Review: Electric Leaf Blowers, Vacuums, Mulchers
Tired of raking leaves? Try the versatile Black & Decker "Leaf Hog" leaf blower/vacuum. Homeowners who maintain compost piles will appreciate the mulcher function, as they clean leaves off their lawns and create compost at the same time. A powerful leaf blower, just push a button and it converts to leaf vacuum. Find out more in this review.
Tired of raking leaves? Try the versatile Black & Decker "Leaf Hog" leaf blower/vacuum. Homeowners who maintain compost piles will appreciate the mulcher function, as they clean leaves off their lawns and create compost at the same time. A powerful leaf blower, just push a button and it converts to leaf vacuum. Find out more in this review.
Equipment for Cleaning Up Those Fall Leaves
Here's one for those of you committed never to rake again! Leaf blowers and vacuums are popular choices for leaf clean-up. But you can also use mulching mowers if your yard isn't invaded by hordes of leaves. Find out why wood chippers come in handy, too.
Here's one for those of you committed never to rake again! Leaf blowers and vacuums are popular choices for leaf clean-up. But you can also use mulching mowers if your yard isn't invaded by hordes of leaves. Find out why wood chippers come in handy, too.
Review: "4-in-1" Leaf Vacuums
This gadget will not only shred and vacuum leaves, but will also chip up small-sized branches. Chokes on the tougher branches, though. I recommend buying 2 separate pieces of equipment, rather than this "4-in-1" that tries to be all things to all people. Instead, buy a leaf vacuum (they're cheaper!), then get a heavy-duty wood chipper to supplement it (see link above).
This gadget will not only shred and vacuum leaves, but will also chip up small-sized branches. Chokes on the tougher branches, though. I recommend buying 2 separate pieces of equipment, rather than this "4-in-1" that tries to be all things to all people. Instead, buy a leaf vacuum (they're cheaper!), then get a heavy-duty wood chipper to supplement it (see link above).
Checklist of Home Safety Tips
Never take lawn mowers for granted: they can be dangerous. In this article I review home safety tips, including safety tips for mowing the lawn. A list of home safety tips can never be complete and is never a substitute for good old common sense, but I provide some of the most important for landscaping your yard in this article on home safety tips.
Never take lawn mowers for granted: they can be dangerous. In this article I review home safety tips, including safety tips for mowing the lawn. A list of home safety tips can never be complete and is never a substitute for good old common sense, but I provide some of the most important for landscaping your yard in this article on home safety tips.
First Aid Tips
Rod Brouhard, About's Guide to First Aid, deals with everything from allergies and sun exposure to bee stings and snake bites in this handy article.
Rod Brouhard, About's Guide to First Aid, deals with everything from allergies and sun exposure to bee stings and snake bites in this handy article.
Landscape Sprinkler Irrigation Design Tutorial
Jess Stryker's irrigation tutorial gives you a frugal alternative to hiring out for irrigation-system installation. Design your own sprinkler system: you'll not only save money, but also understand every inch of the system, once it's in place. If you educate yourself with these easy-to-follow instructions, no one will be able to claim that you're "all wet" when it comes to irrigation systems.
Jess Stryker's irrigation tutorial gives you a frugal alternative to hiring out for irrigation-system installation. Design your own sprinkler system: you'll not only save money, but also understand every inch of the system, once it's in place. If you educate yourself with these easy-to-follow instructions, no one will be able to claim that you're "all wet" when it comes to irrigation systems.
No-Crank Hose Reels by Hydro Industries
"Water Powered Hose Reels - NO-CRANK is the first self-winding automatic garden hose reel providing an alternative solution to a common garden problem - rewinding a garden hose."
"Water Powered Hose Reels - NO-CRANK is the first self-winding automatic garden hose reel providing an alternative solution to a common garden problem - rewinding a garden hose."
Irrigation Products
The Industrial Plastic Products Web site supplies useful information about irrigation products. Learn about their new sprinkler and drip irrigation systems.
The Industrial Plastic Products Web site supplies useful information about irrigation products. Learn about their new sprinkler and drip irrigation systems.
Ground Topper: Irrigation Valve Box Cover
"The 'Ground Topper' is a universal 6” valve box cover that is placed on top of valve boxes for irrigation systems, septic systems, pools, and homeowner water valve cutoffs to cover the opening in the ground. It is simple, durable, and inexpensive."
"The 'Ground Topper' is a universal 6” valve box cover that is placed on top of valve boxes for irrigation systems, septic systems, pools, and homeowner water valve cutoffs to cover the opening in the ground. It is simple, durable, and inexpensive."