These are the products I
Recommend from my personal experience in the garden.
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Lawn care recommendations
My favorite tools. Take care of your tools and they will take care of you.
Power tools to get the job done.
Raised Bed Gardening, carefree Veggies
Lawn care recommendations
Having the right equipment makes lawn care fun.
Lowe’s offers a wide line of the best mowers
Lawn Mowers at Lowes.com
I recommend the John Deere s100 series for lawns from 1 to 3 acres.
Riding Lawn Mowers at Lowes.com
If you own a tractor you need one of these. Regular greasing will add years of life to your steering and mower deck.
Manual Grease Guns at Lowes.com
Be sure to have a tire inflater to pump up your tractor tires.
Air Inflators at Lowes.com
The dump trailer is handy around the yard
Dump Carts at Lowes.com
Tractor supply company has everything you need to service your tractor
Tractor Supply Company
Tractor supply has tractor batteries. If your tractor will not start, check your battery, and clean the cable attachments to your battery.
Mower Batteries at Tractor Supply Co.
Sometimes you just have to replace a flat tire, but try to have the tire patched first.
Riding mower/tractor Wheels & Tires at Lowes.com
If you have a lot of grass clippings and fall leaves to sweep up, I recommend adding a bagger to your mower. Compost the organic matter to add to your garden.
Bagger Lawn Mower Parts & Accessories at Lowes.com
Check with your local extension agent to learn about the best fertilizer for your lawn. Consider a Weed and Feed fertilizer to help control weeds.
Lawn Fertilizer at Lowes.com
Consider adding a lawn sprayer to kill them dandelions that ruin your perfect lawn.
Ag Sprayers at Tractor Supply Co.
Ego brand electric mowers make mowing fun. Low maintenance, no gas or oil, and POWER BEYOND BELIEF!
Cordless Electric Lawn Mowers at Lowes.com
Take the work out of spreading fertilizer with a fertilizer trailer to pull behind your riding mower. HELPS KEEP YOUR SHOES CLEAN!
Fertilizer Spreaders & Sprayers at Lowes.com
My wife loves her EGO brand cordless electric weed whip. I like to watch her use it. POWER BEYOND GAS
EGO String Trimmers at Lowes.com
I recommend this electric backpack sprayer for powerful weed and pest control
Greenworks 4-Gallon 80-volt Max Battery Operated Plastic ... - Lowe's
I recommend a quality pair of hand shears to make pruning roses quick and easy.
Hand Pruners at Lowes.com
I recommend a heavy duty garden cart to take the load off your tired back.
Yard Carts at Lowes.com
I recommend a battery powered to prune those hard to get tree branches.
Battery Pole Saws at Lowes.com
I recommend a battery powered edger to make your beds and walkways look neat and tidy.
Battery Lawn Edgers at Lowes.com
I recommend Ego all electric riding mowers for power beyond belief.
Electric Riding Lawn Mowers at Lowes.com
I recommend home security systems at Lowe’s to keep your home safe and secure.
Home Security Systems at Lowes.com
My favorite tools. Take care of your tools and they will take care of you.
I love working on the farm. Here are a few tools every farmer needs.
My number one favorite tool is my channel lock pliers. I always have my pair in the toolbox of my tractor.
CHANNELLOCK Pliers at Lowes.com
My Aluminum handle pipe wrench has fixed many pipes in its long life. It s also helpful whenever I need to “persuade” something.
Aluminum Pipe Wrenches at Lowes.com
My Estwing hammer fix’s almost everything. If it does not work, I just get a bigger hammer.
Estwing Hammers at Lowes.com
This neat little driver kit has interchangeable tips to drive just about any type screw.
CRAFTSMAN 10-Piece Ratcheting Multi-bit Screwdriver Set - Lowe's
A spade is ideal for digging shrubs and cutting roots that are invading you sewer line. I can hit a target at 30 paces with my spade. Not a recommended throwing tool.
Shovels & Spades at Lowes.com
Sometimes you drop a tiny screw under the hot muffler. That’s when I need Needle nose pliars to get that screw back.
Needle nose Pliers & Plier Sets at Lowes.com
Hey! If that load falls off in the road you are responsible for the damage. Tie down with ratchet straps for safety.
Ratchet Tie Downs at Lowes.com
Grab a pitch fork and clean out the stalls. A good honest days work!
GroundWork 49 in. Carbon Steel Pro Pitchfork, 10 Tine - Tractor Supply
Smooth out that dirt with a garden rake. And pick those unwanted stones out of the soil.
Garden Rakes at Lowes.com
I need my ax to chop wood and to chop down trees.
Axes at Tractor Supply Co.
You need a basic socket set to fix stuff.
Sockets & Socket Sets
These pack out tool systems are great for keeping tools organized.
Shop FLEX STACK PACK Tool Box Kit at Lowes.com
WD 40 helps to losten stubborn nuts. I use WD40 to clean up greasy tools.
wd 40 oil cleaner
Use the right kind of pipe cutter for type of pipe.
Plumbing Cutting Tools at Tractor Supply Co.
I use my angle grinder with several different disks to cut metal, ceramic, and brick materials.
CRAFTSMAN Angle Grinders at Lowes.com
Select the correct blade for your angle grinder to cut ceramic, brick, or masonry.
Diamond Saw Blades at Lowes.com
My craftsman cordless driver and drill are my most used tools. Select the right bit for the material you are working on.
CRAFTSMAN Drills at Lowes.com
Good sharp high quality drill bits give you professional looking projects. I recommend Dewalt drill bits.
Drill Bits at Lowes.com
I recommend the Kobalt driver bit set to speed you through your projects with bits that fit.
Screwdriver Bits at Lowes.com
I recommend a laser level stud finder
Laser Levels & Stud Finders at Lowes.com
Power tools to get the job done.
Cordless power tools are the way to go.
You need the drill to make pilot holes and driver to put the screws in. Keep your batteries charged for a full days work.
CRAFTSMAN Power Tool Combo driver and drill set at Lowes.com
Choose the right blade to cut wood, plastic or metal.
Reciprocating Saws at Lowes.com
Get the Ego brand leaf blower for POWER BEYOND BELIEF!
Leaf Blowers at Lowes.com
My cordless Ego brand chainsaw really makes short work of sawing jobs.
EGO Chainsaws at Lowes.com
Cordless Ego brand Snow Blowers always start in the cold weather, and the battery lasts a long time.
EGO Snow Blowers at Lowes.com
A little music makes the work go faster.
Jobsite Radios at Lowes.com
e ready to get cranky equipment started. Time for work!
Car Jump Starters at Lowes.com
Keep your equipment clean with a pressure washer. There is no excuse for dirty tractors on my farm!
Pressure Washers at Tractor Supply Co.
Choose the right blade for cross cut or for ripping through lumber.
Cordless Circular Saws at Lowes.com
Sometimes in the winter the sun sets early, you will need a rechargeable work light to get the job done.
Battery-operated Work Lights at Lowes.com
Heat guns are great for many jobs, from thawing pipes to bending custom pvc pipe shapes.
Heat Guns at Lowes.com
Strip paint, or put a satiny smooth finish on your wood projects with a cordless sander.
Cordless Sanders & Polishers at Lowes.com
Get that fence painted FAST with a cordless paint sprayer.
Cordless Paint Sprayers at Lowes.com
These new laser levels get your project level the first time you use it.
Laser Levels at Lowes.com
I recommend Greenworks electric chain saws for power and reliability.
Greenworks Chainsaws at Lowes.com
Raised Bed Gardening, carefree Veggies
Here are my expert recommendations to build and enjoy a raised bed garden.
Gardening in a raised feel so good on my old back. I recommend 15 inches is a good working depth.
Raised Garden Beds at Lowe's
I like to start by filling the raised bed with a good quality soil mix. This ensures success every time.
Raised Bed Soil at Lowes.com
I get good dark green leaves with Miracle Gro fertilizers. I like sturdy plants.
Raised bed plant food - Lowe's
Rich red tomato's are the star of any raised bed garden. I prefer the beef steak variety to slice with an onion when I barbecue.
Sit down and take a load off as you putter in your raised bed garden. I recommend the stool with built in tool storage.
Garden Hand Tools and stool at Lowes.com
Bonnie brand vegetable and herb plants I recommend as being the healthiest and bug free. Trust the name Bonnie for thrifty veggie plants.
Bonnie Plants - Lowe's
I recommend that you invest in a high quality pair of hand pruners. It pays off in the long term to by quality.
Hand Pruners at Lowes.com
Orbit and Rainbird make the best hose timers. I recommend that you use a timer to water just the right amount with a sprinkler.
Hose-End Water Timers at Lowes.com
I recommend a sprinkler system on a hose timer to water your raised bed garden just the right amount.
Drip irrigation vegetable garden kit Irrigation at Lowes.com
I always use a weed barrier fabric to keep weeds down in my raised bed garden. It saves a lot of work, and conserves water.
Weed barrier Landscape Fabric & Stakes at Lowes.com
Oh yes I love the little bunnies. Go eat some grass little bunnie and please leave my raised bed garden for me and my family, pretty please.
Garden fence Rolled Fencing at Lowes.com
Some like their peppers hot. I know I do.
Peppers
I make my own compost from vegetable scraps and lawn clippings. Just add worms.
Composter Bins at Lowes.com
My favorite place to buy mail order perennials is Bluestone Perennials in Madison Ohio. This is a quality family business in Madison OH, near where I grew up.
