Saturday, December 15, 2018

Basic Tips When It Comes To Personal Care For Lawns

By Henry Ellis


A beautiful backyard is one of the things that makes home looks more pleasant. It adds another layer of beautification in it. Though, it can be very hard to personally maintain a lawn, there are lawn maintenance Mundelein IL that could make it easy for everyone to get the lawn wanted. However, if one finds gardening a hobby and enjoys taking care of it much, then here are some tips that may help in personally grooming a backyard.

Having a pretty yard, does not always mean investing in so much chemicals to keep them healthy. As easy as watering, mowing and fertilization, a wonderful lawn can already be achieved. The secret in a great maintenance lies on the technique on doing it so that the yards are safe from diseases and weeds.

To create wonderful lawns, this should start on a clean and new slate. All the old grasses shall be removed through use of grape hoe. Or, if quite stubborn and a grape hoe will not be enough, then there are herbicides that could do the job in an easier way. But, be careful and properly follow the instruction to not affect the soil at the end.

Once everything is cleared, it is now time to improve the soil quality. This must be done before sowing anything on it, this is to ensure an easier means of maintaining the lawns. Let the ground sit still for about a week and just water it every day to moisten the surfaces. Trying to test the soil could as well help but only optional.

Once the quality of soil has been improved, choose the grass species. Take time to consider the climate and soil type in choosing a grass so that it will be much easier to take care of. One can choose of either seeds or sod type, though seeds may take months before it becomes usable.

After choosing the perfect grass, there are two different means of installing the lawn if seed is chosen and if it is sod that is different too. For seed, dividing the entire area into two would be an efficient task. Lawn spreader can be used and sow the seeds in a parallel rows.

If it is a sod, then removing some inch on the surface of the soil is necessary. This will make the surrounding level by the end of it. Now, lay the sod at each end of all staggered rows like laying in bricks. And trim the edges at the end through a knife.

From this point, the maintenance shall start. In watering the seeds, there is ideally enough water to not dry the surface of soils but not too much that would wash the seeds away. For sod, it needs heavy watering because the water must reach the underneath part of the ground to make sure it is not dry.

Avoid walking on the surface of the new laws for the very first week of its installation. Once the grass are long enough, it is time to mow it. When mowing the grass, the mower should be set at its highest setting since taller grass promotes good microbes than shorter ones.




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