Ideally, the sharper your mower blade is the better. Blades that are really dull tend to hack at the grass leaving frayed ends that can turn brown, or worse, invite disease because of the large wound site created at the end of each blade of grass. A sharp blade produces a much cleaner cut. If [...]
Tag Archives: lawn care
Lawn Care: Part Two
Fertilizing Your Lawn The basic idea: With organic fertilizers, you won’t be able to calculate exact amounts, but it has its benefits too. Clover may be a great natural fertilizer that you can grow amongst your grass – and it requires very little extra work. For another great inexpensive option, applying your own sieved [...]
Lawn Care: Part One
A Longer Lawn is a Lower Maintenance Lawn The basic idea: A lawn will be lower maintenance when it is cut at higher mow heights, such as 3 or more inches high (about 7-8 centimeters). Longer lawns crowd out weeds better, drink less water, require less fertilizer, have fewer insect and disease problems, actually [...]
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Pinterest
