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Garden Lawn Care Tips Lawn strives to grow in shade, in dry and in sunny location. Caring the lawn is much easier by choosing what type of lawn is good for shady, dry and sunny places. The varieties of Bugle (ajuga reptans) is for shady places. These low ground-cover plants, creeping green perennials are easy to propagate. Thymus serpyllum, chamaemelum and origanum vulgare prefers dry and warm places. These type of lawns are forming thickly on the ground. Ophiopogon japonicus is a green perennial that can grow or live even for little water. Fescue is for cool season grasses while Bahia and Bermuda are fine for warm season. Improving a poor lawn If the soil is poor and is affecting the growth of the lawn, feed the lawn evenly on spring season. Grasses that live on warm season should be fertilized once on spring. Once the grasses start to grow, fertilize again on august and september. To remove weeds using spot weeders, spray the weed killer directly to the weed and be sure to restrict the treated area from children and pets until the weed killer is dry. To hand weed the lawn, daisy grubbers are easy to uproot the whole plants including its roots without carrying too much soil. Aerate the compacted lawn for about 4 inches on spring or fall using a garden fork or a powered aerator. Pile of dead grasses and plant debris on top of the lawn should be removed using the broom to keep the grass breath and healthy. Mosses that grow on shaded area and on wet soil should be extinguised first before raking. Healthy lawns do not need regular watering in summer, they will turn brownish on summer but will turn back healthy and green on fall. Putting a garden path or stepping stone or slab is useful to protect the grass from worning out and from stepping on it too often. Make sure to put play grade bark chips on children's and pet's playground. Improving a neglected lawn needs correct mowing and feeding. Reassess the neglected lawn during spring and fall. Cut the long grasses using scythe or sickle. After cutting the grasses, take a closer look to the lawn. Create a new lawn where there is less than 50 percent of the poor or dead grasses on the lawn. Repair the lawn for bumps and hollows for good looking lawn and easy mowing. To repair these areas, cut a cross on the area of bumps and hollow, peel back each of the cut four corners. Using a hand trowel or hand fork, remove a surface of the soil in the bumped area, and add soil to ground level to a hollow area. Put back the cut four corners. Water the repaired areas if the weather is dry. Caring the lawn To alter an existing lawn, clean the area with dead grasses and debris, remove unwanted sods and weeds. Rake the soil, brake up clumps and hard soil and level the site. Firm the site using the feet. Fall season is the best time to lay sod however sod can be laid anytime especially if the soil is not frozen and not very dry. Mark the area where the sods are going to be laid, unroll the first sod, press down the sod using the hands. Slightly overlapped the second, third until the last sod. Use a knife to trim an overlap edges. Sow grass seeds on late august to early september. Before sowing the grass seeds, remove all mosses, weeds and debris. Form a square and adjacent squares using 3 foot sticks on the ground. Spread the grass seeds of recommended application rate over the square evenly. Using a garden rake, slightly mix the seed with the soil. Firm the soil gently, cover the seeded place with large plastic and secure the plastic with heavy stones. Water the seeded soil using sprinkler. Grasses start to grow within two weeks. Cut one half inch when the grasses are already 5 inches tall. |
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A lawn that has not been attended for long time is a poor lawn. Transforming a poor lawn can be done simply by lawn care and grass feeding. Removing weeds and mosses that cause the lawn die will make the lawn greener and healthier. Lawn mowing is the primary job for lawn care. Mowing the grass frequently when it is growing brings a healthy lawn. Lawn mower should be in the right size to make mowing easier. A flat kind of lawn is the easiest way to mow.A slopy lawn is also an attractive feature but is not quite safety for gardening and mowing.