Small gear & consumables
The parts and consumables a season uses up
34 categories of things that wear out, get burned and are bought again, judged the same way as the appliances: by what they change, and whether the cheaper option already does the job. A part only helps if it matches what you own exactly — a mower blade has one centre bore and never two, a rake head takes a 26 mm socket or a 30 mm one, and a gas cartridge fits the EN 417 standard or a screw valve rather than being ordered from a photograph.
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- Mower blades Length, bore, and the model list that makes both mean something 7
- Scarifier blades Fixed knives or sprung tines — two cylinders, one machine 5
- Robot blades Three grams of steel, sold thirty at a time 7
- Boundary wire The part that fails is the joint, not the wire 7
- Robot garages A roof over the base station, in wood or in metal 7
- Grass catchers A bag, a frame, and a model number that has to match 4
- Mower air filters Foam or paper, and an engine number rather than a mower number 7
- Mower wheels Diameter, bore, and whether the bearing is a bearing 7
- Mower covers Waterproof is easy; breathable and fixed down is the hard part 5
- Mulching kits A plug that blocks the chute, and sometimes a different blade 7
- Lawn aerators Hollow tines pull a core; spikes just make a hole 6
- Lawn rollers Sold empty — water or sand decides what it weighs 7
- Garden hoses Layers and pressure, not colour 7
- Hose reels A trolley, a wall drum, or a box that rewinds itself 7
- Hose connectors One system, two diameters, and the washer that decides 7
- Sprinklers Square, circular or pulsing — the shape is the choice 7
- Drip irrigation A system, not a product — and the starter set is the decision 7
- Spray guns Patterns you will use, and a lock for the one you use most 7
- Pressure sprayers The tool a liquid feed is actually applied with 7
- Rain barrels Volume is easy; the diverter and the tap are the purchase 7
- Spreaders Drop or broadcast — one is accurate, the other is fast 7
- Lawn seed Coverage per kilo, and which grasses are actually in the bag 7
- Lawn fertiliser Three numbers on the bag, and the fourth is the release 7
- Moss killers Iron blackens moss in days; it does not fix why it was there 7
- Lawn soil Topdressing, not potting compost 7
- Soil testers A probe that reads a colour, or a chemical test that reads a number 7
- Lawn edging The line between grass and bed, held by something 7
- Artificial grass Pile height and weight per square metre — the rest is colour 7
- Lawn shears Blades that turn, so the wrist does not have to 7
- Garden rakes A fan for leaves, a bar for soil — and one that adjusts 7
- Weeders Getting the taproot out, standing up 7
- Weed burners Gas, a piezo, and a flame that wilts rather than burns 6
- Wheelbarrows Litres and kilograms, and a tyre that has to hold air 7
- Garden gloves The coating decides the job, and the size decides everything 7