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When it comes to lawn care, prevention s the best care and cure as
well. The best lawn care practice should start when you are already
planning a landscape garden around your home.
Since a lawn surface is an integral part of the entire garden, planning
spaces as per the nature of activity will greatly reduce the pressure
of maintaining a lawn surface.
For example if the garden has a space for outdoor coffee table with
four seats it's a good idea to have a separate surface prepared where
the coffee table, the chairs will stay. Also the path that leads to
this arrangement can also be "paved" with suitable themed material. The
biggest advantage of this is that the lawn surface around this is easy
to maintain otherwise over a period of time the surface of lawn around
the pathway and the furniture will get patchy and eventually the lawn
will stop growing in these areas giving a terrible look in the garden.
So planning is a vital part of lawn care when it comes to designing and
a growing a new garden. But what if you have already have a lawn around
you home and are looking to tips for maintaining it. There are some
real simple rules for this.
1) Fertilizers- Do you eat food everyday, same is true with lawn. Apart
from direct sunlight and water, fertilizers are great way to feed you
lawn with healthy diet to give an extraordinary look.
2) Mowing- Very important for a lush look. A Lawn mower is a great tool
for this purpose. The real secret of using a lawn mower is the height
of the blade that will be used while mowing.
3) Watering- The frequency of watering will greatly affect the final
outlook of the lawn surface. Automatic lawn sprinklers are used to
automate the process of watering with great results.
4) Aerating the soil- Due to frequent use of lawn by pets, children,
etc. the soil that holds the lawn gets compacted beyond limits, that's
why lawn care experts always recommend aeration of lawn soil to help
the growth of lawn.
5) Amount of direct sunlight the lawn surface receives- This aspect is
not a must but can have some degree of effect. You just have to look
for the path of sun travel in your local area. Where does direct
sunlight come from in your garden. As the day passes away the degree
and intensity of sunlight changes. Does your lawn remain in shade all
the times of the day? This can happen if the sunlight is getting
obstructed by tall trees or even home building structure.
Or does your lawn remain in harsh sunlight most of the times of the
day? This will decide the amount and frequency of water your lawn will
require.
So lawn care and what you should do to take care of it is also
dependent on the specific problems and circumstances of the individual
owner. Your job as the homeowner will be study lawn
surroundings/movement patterns/natural conditions and go for the best
solution that is easy to implement and affordable to your needs.
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