Taking care of your backyard and garden starts with taking care of your lawn.
You can plant the worlds most beautiful flowers and trees, let them grow and flourish, but without taking proper care of the lawn and mowing it regularly, your backyard will never look as good as it could.
As a teenager I had the misfortune of being assigned the job of cleaning up the leaves in our yard every fall.
It’s not a job I relished – in fact I’d go so far as to say I looked upon the inevitable approach of autumn with dread at the end of every summer.
There are things in life we can’t avoid and if you have tons of leaves on your property, raking leaves is one of them.
Unless you live in a tropical paradise it’s just part of life. If you are one of those lucky people, feel free to send me an invite!
For the rest of us, a few tips and tricks can make life a little easier this fall season.
There’s nothing quite like the crackle of a fire in the backyard or on the campsite on a warm summer night – the flames can be quite hypnotic.
Before you can get to that though you need to have some firewood chopped and ready to go and the process can be a whole lot simpler if you have a log splitter to help you do the job.
That’s the real reason for owning a log splitter – to make your life easier.