Having the right lawn garden tools is essential for turning out an attractive yard for all your neighbors to envy or at least to keep your homeowner's association at bay! Do you have all the right lawn garden tools for the job or do you need to head to your nearest home improvement store to stock up?

The Ultimate in Yard Care

The most obvious of all lawn garden tools is the lawn mower and this handy piece of machinery varies in size based on the size of your lawn. A large yard will likely require a riding lawn mower but most people just require a smaller version of the push variety. The lawn mower has come a long way from the manual jobs that simply trimmed a little bit off the top. Today, you can find automated, self-propelled mowers, some which collect the grass cuttings and others which turn it into compost and turn it back into the lawn.

Accompanying the mower in the ultimate of all lawn garden tools is what some home owners fondly call the "weed whacker." This machine is equipped with special nylon string which is propelled really fast so that you can trim or "whack" your weeds down which grow along the side of your walkways, flower beds and even along your house. Any area of the yard where the mower cannot reach is fair game for the weed trimmer.

Manual Implements

In addition to automated lawn garden tools like the weed trimmer and mower, there are some manual powered tools which are needed as well. The rake is important for, well, raking grass cuttings, pulled weeds and even debris into piles for later bagging and removal. A shovel can be included among necessary lawn garden tools for digging purposes whether you want to remove a dead shrub or plant a tree.

Pruning shears and large cutting implements are important lawn garden tools and quite helpful when you have trees and shrubs that are becoming overgrown and straggly-looking. Hedge shears look like large, overgrown scissors and are perfect for shaping large bushes and shrubs, keeping them looking uniform. The pruning shears are best for cutting branches and large woody stalks that require removal.

Miscellaneous Items

Lawn garden tools can be a rather ambiguous category when it comes to taking care of your yard because they could be so many things. Some of the lawn garden tools listed above definitely make the grade but so do wheel barrows, utility carts, fertilizer spreaders, sprinkler systems, lawn sprayers, brooms, hoes, axes and more. Really, lawn garden tools can be anything used for the care and maintenance of your yard which may make your life a little easier than doing it manually with just your own two hands.

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Keeping your lawn and garden in tiptop shape can sometimes tax your body, especially for those who are old enough to garner aches and pains when there is constant bending and leaning. Long handle grass shears can help to eliminate these problems.

What Long Handle Grass Shears Look Like

Fiskars 9214 Shear Ease Grass Shears NEW US $16.21

Telescopic Long Handle Carbon Steel Grass Shears US $11.97

CHARGER FOR CRAFTSMAN CORDLESS GRASS SHEAR SHRUB CLIPPER COMBO US $9.95

Corona Clipper Heavy Duty Pump Action Grass Shear US $14.02

Vtg Tool Lot Wood Tool Box Caddy Shovel Weeder Grass Shear Snapcut Corona Hammer US $7.99

TRUE TEMPER GRASS SHEARS G 50 US $2.00

000 New Sun Joe hedger Joe Lithium Ion Cordless Grass Shear 5 In Shrubber HJ602C US $17.99

BD 72V CORDLESS ELECTRIC COMBO KIT GRASS SHEAR HEDGE TRIMMER SHRUBBER SSC1000 US $59.99

Black and Decker GSN30 36 Volt Compact Grass Shears US $39.99

Black Decker 48v Cordless Grass Shear GS700 NEW US $39.99

Black Decker 36V Cordless Compact Grass Shears GSN30 US $27.99

NEW Fiskars 9210 Long Handled Swivel Grass Shears US $41.12

Black Decker 48v Cordless Grass Shear GS700 US $29.99

Vintage Antique Tool Winchester W97 Hand Shears for Grass Sheep Rare Old Farm US $42.55

Fiskars 9214 Shear Ease Grass Shears US $17.99

Fiskars 92186965 Incorporated Wallace Swivel Grass Shears US $25.93

Bond 8401 5 Position Teflon Blades Grass Shears US $27.96

1957 Ad Tru Temper Grass Shears Easier Faster US $4.99

Corona GS3760 Heavy Duty Pump Action Grass Shears US $28.96

Corona GS6750 10 in Professional Grass Shears US $38.96

1952 WISS Garden Cutting Tools HedgeGrass and Pruning Shears print art Ad US $9.99

Ames 2343930 Deluxe Pruning Solutions Professional Grass Shears US $31.96

Cordless Grass Shears Craftsman US $12.95

Fiskars Softouch Swivel Grass Shears Ships FREE in USA US $27.50

Wallace Swivel Grass Shears Model 9218 6965 US $31.01

Fiskars 92107935 Incorporated Long Handled Swivel Grass Shears US $44.96

vtg tool Doo Klip grass cutter shears on wheels long handle w orig label US $69.99

Fiskars 7820 Power Lever Grass Shears US $25.50

Grass Shears 37 Inch Black Orange US $79.99

vintage sheep shears tool grass cutter w finger guards US $59.99

Long handle grass shears are also called long neck grass shears. The reason for this is because the shears are attached to a long handle or neck (approximately the distance of an average adult's mid thigh to the ground). The business end of the long handle grass shears have the shears while the other end is the part where the gardener presses to make the shears at the other end function. To make the long handle grass shears function, a wire or cable connects both the shears to the device used to press.

Uses of Long Handle Grass Shears

The primary use of long handle grass shears is to eliminate the bending and the leaning that accompanies trimming grass. Most of the time, people use lawn mowers to keep their lawns trim and in shape. The problem with most lawn mowers is that they can not reach the edges of the lawn especially when the edges are bordered by stone steps, flagstones etc. Grass shears help to eliminate the spiky grass that usually grows on the edges of the lawn. For younger gardeners, constantly bending over to trim some spots can be tiring. This problem is more so for older gardeners with problems regarding their posture and bones.

Long handle grass shears help gardeners from the taxing motions of bending to trim the edges of the lawn. Some long handle grass shears are also equipped to turn their heads to a certain degree to enable the right cutting angle needed and some also have wheels at the bottom of the garden implement to ease carrying the tool.

The long handle garden shears can also be use to cut other kinds of foliage as well as some stubborn stems and branches. Those with wheels at the bottom may be more difficult to lift for plants not close to the ground so you can opt for lightweight shears for cutting other things other than grass.

Although, many gardeners might not like the idea of something so easy being made easier just for the sake of aching bones, this long handle garden shears can really help those who need it.

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