Spring Cleaning: A Helpful Reset
The snow and ice have finally begun to melt away. After months of cold and white, the first signs of spring are starting to appear: vibrant greens sprouting everywhere. However, the dormant season has left your lawn and garden looking a little rough. Dead plants, tangled roots, and winter’s leftover debris are running amok in your once-beautiful yard. Now’s the time to send in the cavalry! Grab your lawn edgers, cultivators and tillers, and augers to get them back in action. After a winter slumber, they’re ready to help make your yard the envy of the neighborhood again.
The Right Tools for a Spring Cleanup
Lawn Edgers
Although grass grows at a significantly slower pace in the winter due to reduced sunlight, it can still grow depending on the climate in your area. If left unattended—especially when regularly covered with snow—it can lose its curb appeal, quite literally. A lawn edger is the perfect tool to tidy up pathways, driveways, and flowerbeds that are often neglected during the colder months. Keeping these and other areas neatly trimmed can help ensure your lawn flows smoothly into neighboring lawns, if yours borders another.
Augers
Cold weather and harsh winters can take a toll on an already-worn fence. After several months of neglect, you decide it’s high time to upgrade your fencing, further adding to your spring cleanup. An auger is the perfect tool for the job, making it easy to drill even and uniform holes for fence posts. With a hardened steel auger bit, you can effortlessly dig holes up to 30 inches deep and eight inches in diameter. Now, if that’s not a hole in one, we don’t know what is.
Tillers and Cultivators
If your home’s garden soil has been exposed to freezing temperatures, there’s a good chance it will be hard and compact when it’s time to revive it in the spring. Tillers and cultivators are the perfect tools for the job. They are designed to loosen tough soil, incorporate nutrients, and aerate the ground, creating the ideal environment for planting spring flowers, vegetables, and grass seeds. However, before putting your green thumb to work, it’s important to clear the flowerbeds and garden of stubborn roots, weeds, and winter debris. Tillers and cultivators are also built to uproot any obstacles that could hinder your spring growth.
Improving Soil Drainage and Aeration
All of the aforementioned pieces of lawn and garden equipment assist with soil drainage and aeration. The blades of lawn edgers and tillers, as well as the auger bit of an auger, work to physically break up tough soil, allowing water and air to move more freely through these newly created spaces. By loosening the soil, the roots of flowers, vegetables, and grass can grow more easily and access nutrients more efficiently.
As hardened soil is broken down, air pockets and pathways are created for water to flow through. This improves water penetration, prevents water logging, and helps ensure proper drainage. Extremely firm soil can make it difficult for water to pass through and reach the roots of your plants, hindering their growth.
Customer Support
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