Organic Lawn Care
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Organic Lawn Care
Organic lawn care doesn’t mean you can sit back and watch as weeds infiltrate your lawn
(or garden for that matter), nor does it mean that you need to be on
all fours from sunrise until sunset to keep your lawn lavishing!
What this does mean is that a simple lawn care program can help
maintain your lawn by saving you time and effort.
The
foundation for building a great organic lawn is your soil as in all
organic gardening. Firstly find out what kind of dirt is under your grass. A soil test, from your
nearest lawn care professional, tells you whether it’s sand or clay based,
if there's sufficient nutrients or if nutrients are lacking.
This will enable you to decide how to improve your lawn and choose the seed that will give you more green for your
money!
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Organic lawn care requires you to feed the soil rather than fertilizing the grass. Nutrient rich soil holds moisture, entices beneficial insects, and maintains a healthy environment for micro-organisms that fight
these dreaded lawn diseases, deters pests and parasites, and generally help keep your lawn growing and green. Six to ten inches of good top soil is worth its weight in green for your lawn!
By using a mulching mower, you will solve more than one problem in organic lawn care with just a few swipes of its blades. Firstly, when mowing, always keep a clip
of at least (2 ½ inches) unless it’s your final mowing in the fall. Short grass clippings and especially fine mulch from a mulching mower will fall in between the cut blades of grass and reach the soil where they quickly decay, adding nitrogen and other nutrients to your soil.
Composting your lawn with grass clippings can radically cut down on
your fertilization needs due to the fact that grass is very efficient in its
own use of nitrogen. Grass clippings alone can contribute up to two pounds of the two to six pounds per 1000 square feet that your lawn needs to stay healthy.
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TODAY'S NEWS:
Waimea Valley Park will host a gardening class on Hawaiian plants from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 25 at its Educational Center, 59-864 Kamehameha Hwy., across from Waimea Bay.
October is the month to begin fall gardening in earnest. Crisp mornings and cool evenings are the inspiration needed to shake off the summer doldrums, step outside and spruce up the landscape. It is time to plant pansies to brighten winter days and to prepare the groundwork for an early spring garden.
CHILDREN from Maids Moreton Pre-School have got stuck into a gardening project with a little help from their friends. (05/10/2008 10:21:24)
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Remember to water your lawn infrequently
but deeply during dry seasons. This is a basic organic lawn care
procedure. Deep watering forces grass roots down while over-watering
allows them to remain near the top. Deeply rooted lawns better compete
with invasive weeds, which is a proven fact.
Annual lawn aeration
(especially during spring) is one organic lawn care method of giving
easy growing room to roots and provides circulation for the colonies of
critters that tend your soil. Not only will spring aeration break up the compaction of frost and snow accumulated during winter
season, spring rains also help aeration clumps decay quickly, further enriching your topsoil.
Follow these tips to make lawn care simple and easy!
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