Lawn Care Tips:


A beautiful evening, company of your loved one, a cup of coffee and that also in your lawn. Wow! Isn't it a beautiful feeling? Oh! It nostalgic. Every one of us dream of having a beautiful lawn where we can sit, chat and spend some lovely time with our family. Having a beautiful lawn though may raise some frowns is not a difficult thing. With some timely maintenance you can easily have a lawn envied by your neighbors and those passing by. Here you will get some useful information and simple tips on Lawn care.

General tips
Lawn care as a process can be simplified if taken care of a few things while building it.
1. Border your lawn with bricks or by sowing plant beds.
2. Smaller lawn will be easy to maintain and will be cost efficient.
3. Consult with Cooperative extension services for the best suitable grass for your kind of soil.

Fertilization Tips
1. Time: - For warm-season lawn grasses May is the right time to fertilize. On the other hand for cool-season lawn grasses month of March or April is ideal.
2. For better growth choose fertilizer that will be slowly absorbed.
3. Don't forget to read the instructions given on the bag before you use the fertilizer.
4. Use the fertilizer when the grass is wet. The moisture will help the fertilizer granules to stick to the lawn grass.
5. Before using the fertilizer see if doesn't rain in the next 48 hours. Rains will wash out the granules and thus your efforts.
6. Don't water the lawn for the next 24 hours as you have done it already before applying the fertilizer.

Mowing Tips

Mowing involves cutting the grass at even heights, making the garden look neat. This can be done with help of various mechanical lawn mowers.
1. Study and evaluate your mowing needs before you purchase a mower.
2. Set the mower blade height to your lawn grass height. Consider the grass type before you set the height.
3. You can easily set the mower height by keeping the mower on a flat surface.
4. If you want, you can raise the height of the mower one third upwards than the recommended height.
5. Let the chopped grass be on the lawn, it is a useful nutrient when it gets decomposed.

With use of these simple tips you can easily maintain your lawn. Invest an hour on every weekend and have a lawn, which will be appreciated by all.

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