Good gardening shoes are SO important! I have a pair of shoes called “Muck Boots” that are only for gardening and yard work. Ugly as sin, they are, but they are the only thing I will wear if I’m working in the yard. They keep my feet dry and bug free.

Socks too. To protect the ankles from wandering bugs and flying weeds. And long pants – like you said, jeans.

We mow about an acre of our land, so a riding mower is pretty much a must (which is SO nice after having spent years pushing a cheap push mower that did not have the nice “walk behind” feature).

As for the weed trimming, we recently got a new trimmer that doesn’t use that coiled cord stuff. I always hated that stuff. It would get tangled on itself and it never fed through the way it was supposed too. Awful. This one uses a single strand instead that just attaches to the bottom – super easy. It’s fatter than the coiled stuff so it lasts longer, and when it wears down, you just pop it out and pop in a new piece. Easy peasy!!

Once you get used to it, and have the right gear, yard work (including mowing) can be downright peaceful!