Starting A Lawn Care Service

When starting a lawn care service, one of the first things you should do is to familiarize yourself with the various tools that are used in this type of business.

Below are some of these garden tools and what they are used for:

Planters

Every person who is starting a lawn care service ought to know that planters are an important part of any lawn. Planters come in various shapes, sizes and textures so before selecting them, it is important that you know what you are doing.

Chosen carefully, planters can compliment the look of a lawn. By choosing plants of the same color and species and placing them in different containers, planters can add continuity to an area.

Another type of planters are those used when transplanting grass. There are many different kinds, including bulb planters, weed planters, poop scooper, and step edger. It is necessary that you learn the differences of these tools when starting a lawn care service.

Aerators

When starting a lawn care service, aerating is one of the commonest, not to mention most important, tasks you will get involved in. The process helps establish the root system and can make or break your client’s beautiful lawn.

Aerators can be bought as commercial, finished products, but they can also be built.

If you are only starting a lawn care service and are on a tight budget, you might consider building your own aerator.

This piece of equipment is constructed of steel and requires access to welding equipment as well as welding experience. Most of the parts are relatively easy to obtain, apart form the drum.

Welding shops and junkyards sometimes have large pipes. If you have access to at least 12 gauge rolling equipment, then you should be fine.

Waterers

Like all other plants, grass needs water in order to grow. The secret to a lush green lawn is deep watering at least twice a week. When starting a lawn care service, watering the lawn may be one of the services your clients want from you.

Waterers can be as simple as sprinklers or water hoses which you can connect to the faucet. If, however, you want to do more things in only a short time, then automatic waterers may just be what you need.

Weeders

While it is true that weeders are no longer in the list of categories supported by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, they continue to be popular among garden enthusiasts.

The reason why many creative gardeners keep coming up with new weeder inventions and occasionally acquiring patents is that interest in organic farming has increased over the years.

This led to the overall movement that discourages the use of toxic chemicals for herbicides and pesticides.

Since you are starting a lawn care service, you may want to consider the convenience and benefits of weeders as opposed to the more conventional method of using chemical weed control.

As mechanical inventions, weeders offer a more practicable way of removing dandelions and other weeds from lawns and other large areas without using chemicals and harming the environment.