subject: Mow, Mow, Mow Your Lawn [print this page] Not all people have the knack for gardeningNot all people have the knack for gardening. Unlike those people who possess the green thumb, so to speak, most of us might not find spending nearly four hours a week on yard work appealing. Mowing your lawn thirty times a year on average is, indeed, a good chunk of time but when you come to think of it, all this work is paid back by the benefits you get from such an environment-friendly hobby.
Your lawn acts as an enormous air conditioner that helps cool your home specially during summer. The plants emit a huge amount of oxygen and also captures dirt and dust to keep your family from more common allergies. Whats even more satisfying is that it could even give you a cool and comfortable place to relax and play some sports.
Here are some tips to take care of your lawn and maintain its refreshing environment. To some extent, the amount of work you put into a lawn is not nearly as important as when and how you do it. But the healthier the lawn becomes at your own care, the better it can keep your family healthy as well.
If youre in Minnesota, a common Minnesota lawn care procedure for grasses typically growing during cool climate is to use at least an inch cutting height for mowing to remove the dead grass and allow the crowns of the grass plants to reach the sunlight. During summer, you can raise the blade to two or more inches then lower back to one or half an inch for the last cutting of the year. Warm-climate grasses will follow the same cut but about half an inch lower.
Another common Minnesota lawn care practice is to moisten up the lawn with a few good soakings instead of lots of light sprinklings. Soaking the lawn to water deeply helps to nurture deep roots, which can reach the subsurface water supply necessary for healthy lawns. While light sprinklings can be used as well, the grass and the surface of the soil are the only parts that get wet under such circumstance.
Sometimes when the resilience of the lawn is lost, the green bottom of the grass blades are exposed. This means the soil should be watered until it becomes moist four to five inches down. A Minneapolis lawn care expert will recommend you to repeat the process after the top one or two inches of the soil dries out. The best way to do this is during early mornings.
