Maintaining a nice yard and outdoor area involves a lot of work. Manicuring one’s yard can be a healing experience and just good therapy, not to mention the fact that even though it entails some hard work in certain areas, it’s very relaxing in others. As far as the larger jobs are concerned, the following is a list of recommended tools and equipment you will need to keep your yard looking its best year round.

1) Lawnmowers

These come three different ways — electrical, gasoline powered, or the kind that you push and have no power source. This device will do the major part of the work in that it will mow the grass which is the major component and the largest part of the task.

2) Cultivators

If you have hard, compacted soil, your only hope for cutting through it to prepare that flower garden or vegetable plot is to get a cultivator.

3) Lawn and Leaf Blowers

These are great for clearing leaves and mowed grass off of driveways, lawns, and walkways. They normally have a long tube hooked up to a fan that is powered by either electricity or gasoline.

4) Edgers or Trimmers

These come in three different types like lawnmowers — manual, electrical, or gasoline powered. In the electric and gas models, there are now string trimmers as well as those that use blades to trim and manicure the edging of your lawn.

5) Spading Fork

This tool has a shovel handle, but instead of the spade or shovel head, it looks like a large fork with elongated tines. These are used primarily for lifting plants (when transplanting from one part of the yard to another), separating perennials, and turning soil. Spading forks are a little easier to use than a standard shovel when it comes to digging in rocky soil.