Tools Every Aspiring Landscaper Needs

The Bakersfield landscape supply experts at Kern Turf Supply are incredibly passionate about helping you with all of your landscaping and lawn care needs. That’s why we’re in the business of landscape supply: to give you the best tools and advice to make your outdoor space spectacular.

If you’re going to become a master landscape or lawn care aficionado, you’ll need to equip yourself with the right tools for the job. Here are just a few of the tools that are required to become a master craftsman of the landscaping world.

Safety Gear

It’s all fun and games until someone gets a blade of grass to the eyeball. Before you begin any landscaping work, you need to protect your eyes, ears, hands, feet, and skin with the proper protective gear. Here’s your required safety gear list (no negotiating this list):

• Protective Goggles or Glasses
• Landscaping Gloves
• Ear Muffs (for loud lawnmowers and machinery)
• Lightweight, Long Pants (to protect your shins from flying lawnmower debris)
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen

These safety supplies should safely guide you through any landscaping project—and don’t you dare skip the sunscreen. If you’re hoping to be the world-class chef of landscaping, you’re going to spend a lot of time under the sun. Don’t let a sunburn burn out your passion or keep you inside the house when all you want to do is get back to work.

Lawnmower

If you have a lawn, you’ll need a lawnmower—this is a fact of our universe. Keeping your lawn well-groomed is the most important part of creating a stunning outdoor space, so choose wisely when purchasing a lawnmower. You’ll need a mowing machine that is light enough for you to handle, wide enough for maximum grass cutting efficiency, and strong enough to cut the thickest spots of grass. After all, if it doesn’t cut it, it doesn’t cut it.

Edger

Even the best mowing job can leave your lawn a little rough around the edges. Using an edger will allow you to make smooth, even cuts to your lawn near the edges of sidewalks, driveways, pavers, and fences, giving your lawn that professionally-maintained look. While most consumer-grade edgers are motorized, there are also a number of manual edgers that are much more affordable and still do a great jobs—if you’re willing to put in a little more elbow grease into your edging.

Trimmer

Similar to an edger, a trimmer can tackle all of those edges and hard to reach areas of your lawn, while offering you enough power and versatility to tackle other jobs like weed control and pasture trimming. No matter the thickness of the plant matter, your trimmer will shred things with ease, giving you a tool you can use for just about any tricky trimming project in your yard.

Cleanup Gear

Don’t let your significant other catch you using the kitchen broom to sweep up debris in the yard. To avoid marital or domestic conflict, buy your own broom and dustpan that are exclusively for landscaping so you’re always ready to clean up messes on sidewalks, driveways, decks, and other sweepable outdoor space. For lawn or flowerbed areas, pick up a quality rake and some garbage bags to manage stray leaves, mulch, and all those droppings from your neighborhood family of deer. Don’t buy the cheap kitchen garbage bags—opt for heavy duty bags that can handle sharp branches, mulch bits and heavy loads of grass and leaves.

Cleaning up is a critical finishing touch for a stunning outdoor space. With the proper tools, your space will clean up nicely.

A Landscape Supply Expert

Every great artist has an even greater muse—so if you’re going to become a landscape artist, you need someone with a great deal of knowledge and experience to provide you with advice and inspiration for all of your landscaping adventures.

That’s why you need the landscape supply experts at Kern Turf Supply. Let us be your landscaping muse, giving you the best landscape supplies, industry insights, and professional advice so you can grow your landscaping skills and build the outdoor space of your dreams. Get started today by requesting more information about our products, or stop by one of our Bakersfield landscape supply stores!