Southern Spirit Hunters
Gardening => Gardeners Chat => Topic started by: duh on Sep 30, 2008, 08:47:47 AM
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Well I'll have leaves soon and they will fall on my lawn in some cases. Now I have a metal rake that I've been using for raking in the woodlands but can I use the same rake when I'm raking in the "lawn"? Or do I need one of those other rakes that fall apart about the third time I use them. I've tried the ones make of metal, wood, and plastic and I tear them apart. Can someone tell me how to use them if I need one and what the best one to buy is? I sure would appreciate the help. Or can I just use the metal one that is more like a hoe that I currently have?
Oh the reason I'm raking is because I need the leaf mulch to be in the foundation bed, sidewalk bed, tree bed, and veggie bed more than I need it on the lawn since it's gotten mowed every other week and should have accumulated a fair amount of compost by now. The driveway in front of the shed certainly has. I'm going to have to figure out a way to get a pressure washer I think. For the house and the driveway.
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A "garden" rake doesn't do well with leaves. I would look for a leaf rake. Here is a page from Lowe's website. I have one of the poly leaf rakes and it works fine. Dianna likes the metal ones of which the leaf rakes are called "steel tine".
Rakes at Lowes (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&Ne=4294967294&semsubcatg=Garden+Tools&sembrand=n&category=Rakes&N=4294952716&semsite=google&semcatg=Landscaping&semkeyword=leaf+rake)
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For some reason, the "plastic" leaf rake irks me while I am using it. I much prefer the metal one... :grinnnn:
The garden rake is hard to rake leaves with if you aren't wanting to drag dirt with it, too... :wink5:
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This one has a 25 year warranty. I'm enthusiastic.
Ames True Temper 24" Tine Steel Rake
And it has a wood handle. I'm liking it. It sounds like this one might just last awhile which is good. Thank you for the link. Your right I wouldn't want to dig up the dirt where the lawn is suppose to be. Not after spending I don't know how much on weed and feed and grass seed. This sounds like it's going to be expensive and labor intensive having a lawn but it's worth it everytime I look out the window.