Lawn Care A Few Ideas To Help You Have A Beautiful Lawn
Lawn care you either love it or hate it. For myself a lawn is a low priority, it gets fertilized once a year and mowed when it needs it. However our neighbors love working in the yard and they win yard of the month consistently. For those of you who want to be in the same category here is an article that will give a few tips on having a beautiful lawn.
Lawn Maintenance Is A Necessary Part Of A Beautiful Lawn
by Andrew Caxton
Lawn maintenance is a must for homeowners. With the right strategies, you can
develop the quality lawn you want.
Lawn maintenance is essential. It is just as essential as getting the car taken
care of. To keep your lawn beautiful, lush and healthy, you need to make a few
things happen over the course of the year. If you do not like your lawn and
would rather it all be cement, that's one thing. On the other hand, you may
want great looking grass. The amount of work that you do is up to you, from
just trimming it to really taking care of it. There are several things that you
should be doing, nonetheless to take care of your lawn.
Seeding Requirements
In the fall, it is time for you to consider over seeding the lawn. This allows
the new grass to begin to grow before it goes into the winter season. In the
spring, the lawn is then fuller right from the start. Another consideration in
the fall is aeration. This type of lawn maintenance should be done in locations where there is a lot of traffic.
When you walk on or even drive on the soil, you compact it so much so that
nutrients, water and even air can't get in to feed your lawn. This causes the
grass to die or to become brown in areas that are heavily walked on. Aeration
should be something that you take care of every year. The process removes plugs
of grass from these areas and then allows air to get into the grass itself,
helping to give it more of what it needs.
Essential Watering
Lawn maintenance also means monitoring the amount of water that your grass gets.
In most cases, the lawn needs about an inch of water one time per week. Too
much water can cause the ground to become much too loose and the grass literally
drowns because of it. Too little water will cause the lawn to not get enough
nutrients to survive. Use a rain gauge to help you to monitor the amount of
water being taken in.
Proper Cutting
Another aspect of lawn maintenance is surrounded by grass cutting. If the grass is cut too short, you will likely remove too
much of the necessary green that is needed and the grass will die. Remove only
about a third of an inch from the grass at any time. Allow this small amount to
remain on the lawn too so that the clippings work as fertilizer for it.