Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Choosing the best seed doesn’t really mean choosing the most expensive. All Grass are not created equal. You need a guide for reading grass seed labels with all the keys.
First start with grass types you wanted to plant in general. Each type has multitude of sub-types, known as cultivars, each with slightly different characteristics. Once you know whether you’re in the market for Kentucky bluegrass, Bermuda grass, etc., look to see if the grass seed label names the particular cultivars. The names of the cultivars will give you more information if you want to know exactly what you’re getting, but more than anything, listed cultivar names are an indication of higher quality bags of grass seed. If you see annual Ryegrass listed among the grass seed types in a bag, move on. . with this, The lawn will come in thick and healthy, but the annual ryegrass will die off after the first winter, leaving your lawn spotty and ripe for weed invasion.
Grass seed labels list the amount of “weed seed.”. You’ll be surprise to think you’re planting weeds along with your new lawn, but that’s the way it goes. If you aim to get the lowest amount of weed seed possible. Never buy a bag of seed with more than .3% weeds. Fresher bags of grass seed will have greater rates of germination.
Carefuly reead labels of grass seed, then choose the winning bag and get on to fun part which is seeing a healthy lawn in the future..
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Having a delicate lawn, would be the appearance of threatening weeds that would be very much alarming. Always anticipate things and be ready to save your Lawn now! Normally, the first thing you might be tempted to do is spray the offending plants – That is exactly wrong. Combining herbicide and new grass would wind up with dead grass. So, Here’s a guide for successfully dealing with those weeds and all:
- Kill Weeds First
If you don’t want weeds popping up in your lawn, practice some effective weed control before you spread the seed is a good strategy. But always keep in mind that if you kill off existing weeds with an herbicide, you’ll have to wait a few weeks (30 days with some herbicides) before seeding. Because of this, other weed control methods like cutting the weeds off from sunlight by covering them with thick black plastic for a week or two are worth considering.
- Watch Out for Topsoil and Straw
Most homeowners buy truckloads of new topsoil for their yards before seeding. While the soil may be nice and nutrient-rich, it can also contain weeds, either as seeds or as vegetative starts. Be careful about what you buy. The same is true for the straw that many homeowners spread over their seeds to protect them from weather, birds, etc. Make sure it’s a clean straw, or else, you’ll be welcoming weeds to your perfectly prepped lot.
- Hands-On Weed Control
In pulling weeds by hand, you’ll get the offending plants without killing your lawn. Remember, even, it’s best to keep off new lawns until they’ve established themselves, so wait at least a couple of weeks before manual weeding.
- Be Patient
Weeds are almost guaranteed to pop up in your lawn. One of the best strategies is simply to calm down, realize they’re not going to take over completely, and spray them once your lawn has matured. A good rule of thumb is to wait until you’ve mowed your new lawn at least three times. After that, zap those weeds without worry.
Excessive weed control for a lawn is a guaranteed disaster, but with a little prep, a little weeding here and there, and a little patience, your new lawn will be in great shape sooner.
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
In every Lawn, Weeds are always present. When your lawn is weak, it can have a much more difficult time fighting off weeds, pests, diseases and other bacteria that loves to take its place! Sometimes a weed eater just can’t step up to the challenge and weed killer can be harsh to your lawn, full of chemicals, and do little to curb your lawn weed problem. Other pests, or even your pets, lawn fungus, or mushrooms can cause damage to your lawn. Learn how to best take weed control measures for your lawn.
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
There is always a right and wrong way to mow your lawn. Here are some things to remember when operating your lawn mower. If you’re not satisfied with how your lawn looks after mowing, there might be reasons for that. To get the best for your lawn, one needs practice to improve skills to run a lawn mower. Operating it carelessly can leave you with an average-looking lawn despite your best intentions.
Lawn Mower Guides
- Familiarize Your Land. You should always run your lawn mower across hilly portions of your lawn in order to keep the lines straight and to keep your footing.
- Even Lines. Make sure that your lawn mower stays true to its course by keeping the wheels at least two inches inside the last line you cut.
- Frequent Emptying. Your lawn mower can only hold so many grass clippings. Frequently emptying your catcher will keep those annoying grass clumps from collecting.
Once you finished cutting your lawn, your lawn mower would require basic maintenance. Here are some simple chores you should comply every time you cut to keep your lawn mower in good condition and lengthen its life.
Lawn Mower Care Tips:
- Cleaning - You should always wash your lawn mower off with a hose after cutting to remove grass clippings.
- Oiling - Adding a quick shot of oil to working parts will keep your mower from rusting as it sits in your shed.
- Storing - Your shed should have ample space for your lawn mower to sit without objects resting on it.
Following these simple lawn mowing and lawn mower maintenance tips, would be closer to a clean & beautiful lawn you always wished for.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Keeping your surroundings healthy & green at home is not an easy task. Walking around your neighborhoods during summer is the best way for you to see some of their brown lawns with running sprinklers running 24 hours just to make their lawns stay green. But then excessive water would just attract bugs that would lead them to eating over watered lawns. So it will just cost you too much without any good effect at all.
One of the best ways to keep a Healthier Lawn is through a natural approach. That would keep its fresh look and fight summer’s heat attack on your lawns. According to an article on OrganicGardening.com, one of the secrets to having a healthy lawn with minimal chemical is through the use of the Dutch clover. Because clover is said to be found naturally in lawns and is drought and disease resistant. It also generates its own food therefore it doesn’t steal from the grass, and is distasteful to many pests so it helps to keep the lawn from being overrun by them. Here are some tips by OrganicGardening.com suggests the following tips to help revive the clover in your lawn and make it naturally healthy once more.-Stop using fertilizer. Although nitrogen is an essential part required for a healthy lawn, most fertilizers contain excessive amounts of nitrogen which can in turn harm your lawn. Try switching to organic based lawn feeds.- Plant clover. Clover will help give your lawn all the nitrogen it needs and you will not need any type of fertilizer or feed. Try to incorporate it gradually and in even amounts.
- Weed and kill pests naturally. Look to natural solutions to rid the unwanted visitors from your lawn. By doing this, you’re helping make your lawn stronger and less reliant on the synthetic chemicals. Also, not all insects are the enemy. Many people often automatically assume that all of the insects they see running around are bad, but many of them are actually good for the lawn and are an indicator that the lawn is healthy.
It will just take some time, more effort and patience to make your lawn green and healthy.
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
You always begin with choosing a grass suitable for your area’s climate to create a beautiful lawn. There are many kinds of grasses available. All you have to do is choose one that will grow well and healthy under your area’s climate.
The perennial ryegrass, for example, is a good choice for a place with full sunlight pouring in. For a shaded area, a mixture of perennial ryegrass and fescue is a good combination. The disadvantage of growing perennial ryegrass, however, is that it has to be watered enough to keep it green. If not, it will thin out and there will be bare spots to be seen on your lawn. These bare spots need to be reseeded because perennial ryegrass does not spread to fill them in. If you can’t water the lawn as much as you’d like or as much as is required, you can mix fescue in it. Fescue can tolerate not being watered for some time and it grows back quickly when rainfall comes.
Kentucky bluegrass is great for areas from the Cascades to New England and some of the higher lands of the upper South. But if you can’t water the lawn as much as you’d like in these areas, you can choose to use buffalo grass. Buffalo grass, however, does not really look all that good.
Bent grass was once popular, but it doesn’t seem to attract many people nowadays. It takes more water and fertilizer to keep it green. It is also easily contaminated by every known lawn disease.
For the South where the climate is warm, warm season grasses such as bermuda grass, zoysiagrass, centipede grass, and St. Augustine grass are preferred. These warm season grasses are dormant in the winter, so it is recommended that ryegrass is over seeded in the fall so the lawn will stay green all winter.
If you’re seeking an alternative to grass, you can opt for the pennyroyal. Pennyroyal is a low growing mint that smells wonderful. It needs mowing only once a month and it discourages fleas. It does not bode very well when stepped on, however. You can also look into a lawn of wild garlic; it stays green even without any watering all year round.
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Treating your lawn with care without a pain in your back is the best recipe. Develop your lawn in your most simple yet cheaper way. Protect your house and lawn with special indoor and outdoor Shock Treatments such as Ants, Snails, Slugs, Roaches, Fleas, Earwigs, Cockroaches, Silverfish, Beetles, Termites and Webworms Say good-bye to those annoying yellow spots. Learn how to keep your grass greener in water restricted areas and in hot weather. Treat your lawn with a deworming concoction. (discover how and why you must do it at least once a year) Use effective & natural insecticides (learn what they are and how to use them. Time will come that, only natural insecticides will be permitted by cities!) Avoid serious plant, pet and child health problems caused by toxic commercial products.(Only Use 100% Safe Instant kill insecticide). Protect your family and yourself against the nile virus in 1 minute Kill ants and destroy the entire colony in 3 days or less. Kill harmful insects while fertilizing your soils. In these ways, you can help preserve your lawn and maintain its fresh look.
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