Why Lawn Care Starts with Planning?
When it comes to lawn care, prevention is the best care and cure as well. The best lawn care practice should start when you are already planning a landscape garden around your home.
Since a lawn surface is an integral part of the entire garden, planning spaces according to the nature of the activity will greatly reduce the pressure of maintaining a lawn surface.
For example, if the garden has a space for an outdoor coffee table with four seats, it’s a good idea to have a separate surface prepared where the coffee table the chairs will stay. Also, the path that leads to this arrangement can be “paved” with suitable themed material. The biggest advantage of this is that the lawn surface around this is easy to maintain; otherwise, over time, the surface of the lawn around the pathway and the furniture will get patchy, and eventually the lawn will stop growing in these areas, giving a terrible look in the garden.
So planning is a vital part of lawn care when it comes to designing and growing a new garden. But what if you already have a lawn around your home and are looking for tips for maintaining it? There are some really simple rules for this.
Fertilizers
Do you eat food every day? The same is true of the lawn. Apart from direct sunlight and water, fertilizers are a great way to feed your lawn with a healthy diet to give it an extraordinary look.
Mowing
Very important for a lush look. A lawnmower is a great tool for this purpose. The real secret of using a lawnmower is the height of the blade that will be used while mowing.
Watering
The frequency of watering will greatly affect the final outlook of the lawn surface. Automatic lawn sprinklers are used to automate the process of watering with great results.
Aerating the Soil
Due to frequent use of the lawn by pets, children, etc., the soil that holds the lawn gets compacted beyond limits, which is why lawn care experts always recommend aeration of the lawn soil to help the growth of the lawn.
The Amount of Direct Sunlight the Lawn Surface Receives
This aspect is not a must, but it can have some degree of effect. You just have to look for the path of the sun in your local area. Where does direct sunlight come from in your garden? As the day passes away the degree and intensity of sunlight change. Does your lawn remain in shade at all times of the day? This can happen if the sunlight is getting obstructed by tall trees or even a home building structure.
Sunlight
Or does your lawn remain in harsh sunlight most of the time of day? This will decide the amount and frequency of water your lawn will require.
Conclusion
So lawn care and what you should do to take care of it are also dependent on the specific problems and circumstances of the individual owner. Your job as the homeowner will be to study the lawn surroundings/movement patterns/natural conditions and go for the best solution that is easy to implement and affordable to your needs.