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Lawn spreaders and sprayers are tools that can make yard work a whole lot easier. Spreaders make it simple to apply dry, granular products to lawns or soil. Sprayers make applying liquid products simple. These can include fertilizer, insecticides, herbicides, and other yard care products. Whether you need spreaders or sprayers is largely a matter of personal choice and how...

Important Chainsaw Safety Tips Though modern chainsaws are equipped with many safety features, operating a chainsaw is an inherently dangerous activity. A chainsaw is a powerful piece of cutting equipment and an invaluable tool when cutting wood, yet chainsaws can also be hazardous if you don’t take the time for safety precautions. Both inexperienced chainsaw users and those who have...

Why Choose an ECHO Multi-Task Tool? The ECHO Pro Attachment Series (PAS) is an economical way to keep a variety of tools on hand. The commercial-grade attachments—including trimmers, edgers, cultivators, blowers, and power pruners—are interchangeable for use with a single power source. As with other multitools, using the ECHO PAS system makes maintenance easier, because you only need to maintain...

When you’re shopping for chainsaws, one of the first things you’ll need to decide is if you want a battery-powered or a gasoline-powered chainsaw. Battery-powered saws can be a great option, particularly if you’ll use them infrequently or for short periods of time, if you need something that will cut quietly, or if you live in a location that restricts...

If you’ve ever tried to dig up a new garden bed by hand or use a cultivating fork to work a vegetable garden before spring planting, then you know how hard it is to work soil with manpower alone. Powered cultivators and tillers save a lot of time and make working soil a whole lot easier. Whether you’re working large...

8Hedges and shrubs are an important part of most gardens. A tall hedge can form a natural fence or provide the backdrop for landscaping, while shorter hedges can divide garden spaces and edge paths. Simple round, squared, or cone-shaped shrubs and topiaries frequently frame modern homes’ entrances for classically elegant curb appeal. To maintain healthy and attractive hedges, shrubs, and...

A good lawn mower is one of the most important outdoor tools you can own. Whether you’re cutting your own yard or cutting lawns commercially, you’ll be using the lawn mower all growing season. Making sure you have a quality mower is essential. You want something that will cut reliably when you need it to. You’ll also want it to...

If you want to maintain a healthy lawn and yard with excellent curb appeal, then you’ll need a few different tools to get the job done right. A lawn mower is a must, but you’ll also want a trimmer to cut grass and weeds in tight spaces and on steep hills the mower can’t reach. Depending on the yard(s) you’re...

There’s a lot of clean-up work to do in yards. Cut grass from mowers and trimmer gets on sidewalks, fallen leaves cover the yard each autumn, and twigs and leaves get into gravel paths. Taking care of these, and many other yard cleaning tasks, is much easier if you are using a blower. If you’re thinking of purchasing a blower...

Lawnmowers don't reach every part of the lawn. There's always some grass along the edge of a walkway, or near a flower bed, or in some other hard-to-reach place that the mower can't quite get to. That's where trimmers come in. But which trimmer is right for you? There are so many different brands and models to choose from, and...