Do you have a lawn care lover on your holiday list?
Try something new this year by getting them gifts that solve their lawn care problems instead of decorative gnomes or novelty tools.
Unfortunately, many lawn care gift guides list random products without addressing the issues lawn enthusiasts actually care about.
Lawn lovers want gifts that relieve soil compaction, remove excess thatch, and reduce the amount of lawn care products used.
This lawn care guide focuses on professional-grade attachments that tackle real life lawn problems, such as aerator attachments that relieve soil compaction and dethatching attachments that remove thick thatch layers.
These tools are perfect for the lawn lover on your list.
Aerators That Fix Compacted Soil & Poor Drainage
Compacted soil prevents air from reaching the soil and stifles grass growth. Common causes of compacted soil include foot traffic, mowing, heavy clay soil, and poor yard drainage.
Many lawn lovers scratch their heads, wondering why their turf isn’t growing thick and crowding out weeds. They don’t realize that soil compaction is blocking their efforts at fertilizing and watering their yards.
Hand tools, such as manual core aerators, handheld aerating tools, and spiked shoes won’t completely aerate the soil. Instead, your lawn lover needs a tow-behind spike or plug aerator.
At Brinly, our aerators are made from heavy-duty steel and durable materials for long-term use. The spikes or plugs penetrate the soil, relieving compaction and allowing oxygen to circulate.
Read more: How Often to Aerate Your Lawn
Your lawn lover will see thick, healthy grass grow in bare patches within two to three weeks of aerating and overseeding. They’ll also see improved yard drainage—and existing turf will green up faster when roots have access to oxygen and nutrients through new channels in the soil.
Dethatchers Remove What’s Choking the Grass
Your lawn lover may deal with a thick thatch layer in their yard. Thatch exists between live grass and the soil line. Thatch consists of dead grass stems, roots, and organic debris.
Up to a half an inch of thatch is fine for the average lawn. However, more than half an inch means that your favorite lawn enthusiast will need to dethatch their turf. Too much thatch leads to disease, insect infestations, and dead grass.
When you rake leaves and other yard debris, you’re only cleaning up your lawn in the spring and fall.
However, raking alone won’t relieve thick thatch. Additionally, power rakes not only remove thatch, but healthy turf as well. And your DIY’er doesn’t want to hire a pro to dethatch their lawn, which can be costly.
Our tow-behind dethatchers create a pathway for nutrients, water, and light to reach deep into your turf. Our Brinly dethatchers include a 38” front-mount dethatcher, a 40” tow-behind dethatcher, and a 48” dethatcher.
Your lawn enthusiast will use their dethatcher when grass is growing actively in your area. If you have warm-season grasses, your DIY’er will dethatch in the spring, and if you have cool-season grasses, they’ll dethatch in the fall.
Learn more: Protect Your Lawn Tools This Winter with These Equipment Storage Tips
Lawn Spreaders That Deliver Professional-Level Precision
Your favorite lawn DIYer faces uneven fertilizer and weed control applications when they don’t have the right spreader.
For example, your lawn has striping if it shows dark green swaths next to yellowing grass. This is caused by an uneven fertilizer application: the dark green turf received fertilizer, while the yellowing grass didn’t.
Your lawn enthusiast might have tried hand-spreading, which wasn’t consistent, or used low-quality spreaders that clogged or dumped the material unevenly. Your favorite lawn enthusiast has probably gone through many spreaders.
Instead, your DIY’er needs a quality spreader that evenly distributes materials across your lawn with no guesswork.
Our Brinly fertilizer spreaders feature the following:
· Broadcast spreaders for fast, wide coverage on open areas
· Drop spreaders for precise edge work along flower beds and sidewalks
· Calibrated settings ensure accurate application rates for different materials
· Large capacity hoppers (100+ lbs.) reduce refilling on larger properties
· Heavy-duty steel construction lasts through years of seasonal use.
If your lawn lover wants to fertilize 3-4 times a year, they’ll expect professional results without the costs. Give them a Brinly fertilizer spreader to add to their lawn care arsenal.
They’ll be pleased with the consistent application that produces uniform results. There won’t be any burnt spots, no wasted product, and no need to reapply due to uneven application.
Equip Your Lawn Lover With Professional Lawn Care Attachments
Ditch the garden gnomes and other novelty items this holiday season. Instead, use this lawn care guide to buy the perfect gift for your lawn enthusiast.
Shop the Brinly Holiday Sale—this December, take 20% off selected Brinly lawn care and garden attachments with code HOLIDAY20. Find that perfect gift here.
Sources:
LawnLove.com, 15 Best Gifts for Your Lawn Lover.
SodSolutions.com, 10 Must-Have Landscape Tools: A Buyer’s Checklist.