Revitalizing the exterior of your home this spring can be stress-free, simple and low maintenance with the right products. As you prepare to tackle your outdoor home improvement chores and fix ups, you should consider easy care and hassle-free products that take the aggravation out of enhancing the curb appeal of your home. With these handy tips, you can enjoy your yard and have a dazzling home exterior, with much less effort.

Lawn and Gardening Tools
The aggravation of dealing with a heavy, tangled garden hose is arguably the most stressful part of maintaining your lawn and garden. You see it all the time, a garden hose spread out all over the lawn because it's such a hassle to rewind. One device that offers a solution to this problem is the No-Crank hose reel from Hydro Industries (www.no-crank.com). This hose reel, powered by water and nothing else, offers hands-free rewinding of your heavy garden hose with just a simple push of a lever. It utilizes an internal water piston engine to rewind the hose rather than springs, electricity or batteries. There are a variety of different models with hose capacity up to 175 feet and various designs with additional features such as an auto sort guide, swivel base, hose cleaning mechanism and more.

Maintaining a meticulous lawn and garden can be a daunting and time-consuming project for any homeowner. This year, benefit from the effectiveness of combining three crucial steps for preparing and maintaining a healthy lawn and garden. Consider products like the Spray 'n Feed sprinkler with built-in feeder and measuring cup, from Garden-Essence (www.garden-essence.com) that combines the irrigation and fertilization processes automatically. While irrigating your lawn and garden, the sprinkler dilutes the required amount of fertilizer and automatically disperses it easily and efficiently. The Spray 'n Feed also provides substantial cost and space savings as there's no need for any additional spreaders or a separate sprinkler for watering. Add the Universal Sprinkler On/Off RC system to truly maximize convenience. This battery operated remote allows you to control water flow, redirect the position of the sprinkler and turn the water on or off without getting wet. The system fits all hose end products, and can also be used to turn on and off a variety of water features.

Exterior Home Products
The exterior of your home takes extreme abuse due to the constant exposure to the elements. A low-maintenance, durable and attractive trim alternative is the ideal way to enhance the architectural style of your home. For example, the folks at AZEK Building Products (www.azek.com) recommend their trimboards and mouldings as a wood replacement option that will outsmart Mother Nature and insects. With the beauty and striking similarity to painted lumber, you can't tell the difference, until you realize that it's not rotting, warping and the paint is not peeling! These materials can trim corners, doors, windows, soffits, fascia, columns, and there's even a beadboard product for overhangs and porch ceilings. To complete the trim detail, AZEK Mouldings are available in a variety of popular profiles including historic replications.

Deck planters, window boxes, gates and garden arbors can beautify your backyard and add charm to any home exterior, while maintaining their exquisite beauty year after year. Walpole Woodworkers (www.walpolewoodworkers.com), specialists in outdoor décor, are now using low maintenance AZEK material to manufacture backyard amenities with old-world craftsmanship. Imagine rose vines growing over a completely moisture-resistant arbor. How about a deck planter that doesn't mind being watered every day? Or, imagine a magnificent entry gate that will never need repainting. Sound too good to be true? Not anymore. These decorative accents, part of Walpole's Freeport Collection, can accent any home exterior with low-maintenance and pure elegance.

Source : ARA