Seed your new or renewed lawn with two compatible grass varieties that are resistant to different diseases. Otherwise it is easy prey to diseases and destructive insects and turns your beautiful smooth green lawn into an eyesoar.
The best time to plant grass seed is in late summer or early fall. Soil is usually drier and easier to cultivate then.
To keep birds from eating your grass seeds color them with bluing before applying them to the soil. Soak the seeds in the bluing solution until well colored and birds won't touch them and the coloring won't hurt the seed.
Lawns don't need watering often except in very dry climates or droughts. In fact, too much watering encourages weeds and since grass roots are rather shallow, much of the water just gets wasted down the sewer systems or wets the soil out of the roots reach.
When mowing new lawns let the grass reach about 3 inches first. This ensures the roots have had long enough to get a firm grip in the soil. Browned grass from the winter months should be mowed very short in early spring to allow sunlight to reach the roots and encourage new growth.
Prevent erosion damage of your topsoil and lawns, caused by the house's gutter downspouts, or wherever rainwater drips heavily, by setting a deflection under it. You can use a plain large stone or more decorative alternatives found in many garden stores.
Avoid using chemical weed killers on lawns or in gardens where children and pets may come into contact with. Many chemicals we know are dangerous and many we don't know for about for sure. To be safe, remove weeds manually, and do it early in the spring before the weeds seed and spread, which they do rapidly.
If you have areas where grass won't grow such as under trees or steep banks, ground covers make an excellent substitute such as English ivy..
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