Do You Have A Lawn Care Schedule?
January 18th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Depending on the type on lawn you have, you may have to alter your lawn care schedule to suit your particular grass, or mix of grasses.
This article addresses the basic issues of:
- watering,
- fertilizing, and
- mowing.
Watering
The most regular part of your lawn care schedule will probably be watering. The best time of day to water your lawn is either early in the morning or late in the evening when less water will be lost to evaporation. Never, ever water in the afternoon when the sun is out blazing, or you’re basically throwing away your money when you pay your water bill.Be very careful not to over water the grass! You generally want to make sure that the water soaks down about an inch at least, if you have several inches of topsoil. If you have only two inches, you’ll probably want to hold back a little to prevent over watering.
Also, let your grass be your guide; just keep an eye on it for signs that it is drying out before water, like curling blades of grass for example and water when you see these signs. Watering more frequently than necessary won’t help the grass and will just promote weed growth.
Fertilizing
When should you fertilize? This is in large part dependent on whether or not your grass grows in the cool seasons or the warmer seasons. If your particular species of grass lies dormant in the spring and goes through a growth phase in the winter, then use common sense and fertilize more heavily in the fall and then ease up in the spring. Otherwise, you’ll be feeding the weeds instead. For a summer-growing grass, fertilize more heavily starting in the spring and drop off in the fall.
Mowing
Mowing may be a less frequent part of your lawn care schedule than watering, but it’s about as close to a no-brainer as it gets. If you want to be at least a little environmentally friendly, try using a manual mower.
Suffice it to say that unless you want a jungle in your yard, you’re probably pushing things at four inches. Try to keep the grass at three inches for optimal lawn health, but go a little lower if it’s in its dormant phase.
Conclusion
For things like aerating your grass or applying pesticides for grub worms or other pests, it’s easiest to schedule professional lawn care as part of your maintenance plan. Fungicides and heavy equipment, and so forth are best left to experts.
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Choosing Lawn Mower
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The Lawn Mower is an integral piece of equipment. If you have a nice grassy yard, you will also need to mow it often, unless you decide to spend money hiring someone to do it.
The major issue when buying a lawn mower is to decided whether to go with a gas-powered mower, a electrical one or a manual one. If you’re environmentally minded in your lawn care, a manual mower is the best choice, especially if you have a small plot with few square yards to tend to.
A manual mower is clean and releases no pollutants, because it’s human-powered. By the same token, it forces you to expend more physical effort, although if you’re not getting enough exercise you can look at it as a side-benefit.
A gas powered mower is far more convenient of course and requires less work, so as long as you don’t mind the noise and possible contribution to global warming and fuel costs, then you should go with a gas-powered mower. In fact, if you have an extremely large yard that’s too big for either option, consider a ride lawn mower. Who doesn’t secretly want to tool around their yard on one of those?
Another option, which is considerably more fun than the others listed, is getting a robotic lawn mower to care for your grass. If you can’t be bothered to do it yourself, let a machine do everything for you. There are a number of robotic mowers like the Robotic Mower, which uses electricity to charge its batteries, and there are even solar-powered models as well. These are somewhat new to users, but have rapidly become very popular.
No matter what model you choose, just make sure that you don’t forget to water your lawn or there won’t be much mowing to do.
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