Lawn Tips

** Discover 6 Useful Lawn Tips For Having A Healthy Lawn**

Lawn Tip 1 - Leave grass clippings on the lawn

A large amount of valuable nutrients can be added to your lawn by letting it reclaim these same nutrients from the clipped grass pieces. Some of you might think that adding grass clippings or mulched leaves and branches will add or promote thatch to the lawn, but this is not true. The more nutrients the better; for the most part, and lawn clippings are very suitable to help the living lawn.

Lawn Tip 2 - Alternate mowing patterns

When mowing your grass, try not to mow the entire backyard, but rather 1/3 of the overall yard. Also, each time you mow, cover a different 1/3 of the yard. For example, if you begin at a 3 o'clock position in your yard and go to a 7 o'clock position one time, start at 5 or 6 and go to 11. Keep the mowing pattern varied and you'll have a healthier lawn.

Lawn Tip 3 - Control weeds when they�re still young

It's much easier to get a handle on new weeds than when they're older, more established and just plain harder to remove.

Lawn Tip 4 - Water early in the morning

Most lawns need about 1-2 inches of water each week. Try to water the lawn early in the morning (5-8AM) so it doesn't have a chance to encourage mold or fungus like nighttime watering does. This also keeps the sun from burning up all the dampness, thus robbing your lawn and your pocketbook.

Lawn Tip 5 - Avoid too much fertilizer

The use of commercial fertilizer certainly can be overdone while more natural nutrients like those from compost or grass clippings really can't be overdone. Don't overdo the recommended doses of fertilizer for your lawn or you run the risk of poisoning your lawn n the long term.

Lawn Tip 6 - Buy a powerful and efficient lawn mower

Beside cutting grass better and more consistently, powerful and efficient lawn mowers have lower gas emissions, which is better for the environment. Of course a manual or electric mower is even better for the environment, but you must think about other performance issues that come along with these other mower types before you get one. I believe these lawntips will help you to get the most beautiful and healthy lawn on the block.