» Lawn Care
No matter if you have a large lawn or a small lawn, the lawn care advice you need is the same. With just a bit of extra advice, you will be able to see an improvement in your overall lawn. The maintenance that you do to your lawn is the same no matter what size it is, though. The main thing to remember is that you need to first analyze your lawn and see exactly what needs to be done. For example, does the lawn have weeds that need to be killed? Does it have any dead grass and leaves? Whatever your lawn problems, they need to be sorted out as soon as possible. Here are some useful tips for proper lawn care as mentioned below:-
a) Climate - It is almost obvious but many people skip the fact that climate differs along the year, and you need to sow and cultivate according to main characteristics of your climate.
b) Location of your garden and lawn - Long hours of sun or long shady hours? Heavy traffics, pets, dog spots or a slightly traffic and plenty of tranquility? Enumerate and rate the factors. Prioritize the climate you are going to have most part of the year and divide the zones for different plants, some loves shade, some adores sun.
c) Grass - Grass varies greatly and offers many types. From resilient to weed to very sensible to pest. Grass that need very low watering for a dry zone is the best chose. For humidity climates search for grass that needs frequently watering.
Once you have make your choice, know the Basic: mowing is basic. Mow higher than the usual and you provide more strength to your grass, higher grass will help to decrease the health of the weeds, notice that weeds needs frequently watering and abundant sun in general, a tall, thick grass will prevent weed to feed correctly, thus lowering their rate of growth. Raking to remove thatch is good to keep diseases caused to fungus off, a high thatch over your grass will act detrimentally against your grass growth and health.