
Six months later, freed from the cries of four people.
We will soon hear the herald of spring, the mower.
With the idea of lawn
Care items, watering schemes and gaze over the fence to see if the grass is really greener.
Today, with growing demand and interest in all organic products, homeowners are rethinking their lawns.
Nature and Ecology
Lawn care is becoming more sensitive.
The traditional chemicals are gone.
But not just the natural lawn is better for the environment, kids and pets.
According to Paul Tukey, spokesman for SafeLawns, this is also cheaper in the long run.
Org, a non-profit organization that promotes natural lawn care.
He added that it turned out that properly maintained natural lawns were more drought-resistant, meaning that the owners saved money by watering less, and the frequency of pruning also dropped by about 50%.
"Even if the organic fertilizer for the first transition year may cost you more, when you add up the mowing and water saving plus the gas and electricity running the pump and the motor, tukey said: "You really started saving money. ".
But the real question is: how does it look?
The short answer is quite good.
If you're willing to wait a season or two
"It's not a miracle, it's a transition," said Peter Mahoney of Mahoney garden center and Peter Mahoney of new Mahoney safe lawn and landscape natural lawn care . ". The 50-year-old family-
Run garden center has recently joined the secure lawn franchise system to provide organic lawn care services in Winchester, Woburn and Tewksbury.
The goal is to develop a dense lawn, which takes some time to create, especially if the lawn has been treated in a traditional way for many years.
"This is a step-by-step progress," Mahoney said . "
"It's about developing thick lawns because you don't have weeds, pests and diseases on thick lawns.
"Of course, some of them
It's not that bad to be called weed.
The Clover is actually good for it to beat the grass on the elbow, as it fixes nitrogen from the air and makes it available to the surrounding plants.
Tukey added that the real weeds are the emissaries of nature, telling us about the soil.
"The only real way to remove these weeds," he said, "is to remove the soil conditions that those weeds grow and improve the soil so that the grass can grow.
"Scientists are doing their part to help homeowners take care of their lawn without relying on traditional chemicals.
Grass such as "low"grow" and "no-
A naturally shorter, thicker, and more drought-resistant "growing" mixture has been developed.
Michael Sullivan, former professor of lawn science at Rhode Island University and current director of the state's environmental management department, said these lows
Planting grass can do the job, although they recover less quickly from the damage caused by active families.
Homeowners can now find a lot of "green" lawn seed options, Sullivan added.
"You don't even have to turn to the current science," he said . ".
The first step is the right factory you need.
Sullivan advocates the concept of prescriptive vegetation, or planting according to the use of the lawn.
Fine as grass-
Compared to perennial rye and bluegrass, leaves naturally require less water and less nutrients, and have a deeper root system. Fine-
So for homeowners looking to cut water and fertilizer use, the Leaf Festival will be a great choice. 1.
First of all, the soil in the organic system must be alive in order to work properly.
Repeated application of chemical fertilizers killed microorganisms in the soil and decomposed organic matter into nutrients needed by plants.
The flora on the lawn must be rebuilt.
Compost and compost tea, which naturally contains these microorganisms, can help replenish the number of these microorganisms. 2.
In order to determine the pH value of the soil and its subsequent nutritional requirements, soil testing is necessary.
Also, determine what type of soil you have (Loam? Hardpan clay? )
And how many of them.
If you have to improve your soil conditions, you can start a complete
Carry out a massive renovation right away, or through-
Twice in the first year, half an inch of compost was spread across the lawn.
Adding compost can improve the water holding capacity of the soil and increase nutrients. 3.
Pour your lawn deep.
1 inch of water)
And not often (once per week).
This encourages roots to grow deep underground. 4.
Cutting grass is good for the lawn.
Tukey said a study from Ohio State University showed that 50% of the fertilizer on your lawn will be returned to the soil when grass crumbs are left to biodegrade back to the soil.
If you haven't trimmed the lawn for a while, it's OK to remove those ugly lumps and put them in a compost pile. 5.
Keep the height of the lawn at 3 inch.
This is a little shaggier than the regular 2 to 2 1/2 lawn today.
The higher grass covers the soil below.
In the early spring, this shade can prevent the seeds of Malang and other weeds from sprouting.
In addition, lawn 3 inch or higher in summer can prevent the lawn from drying as quickly as the shorter lawn.
"I know people will put a lot of organic compounds on the lawn, imitating what chemical companies will do," said Wenning . ".
"You don't get a better lawn [
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In my opinion, so be careful to sell too many organic products in the first year.
"What if you're interested in green, but when it comes to your lawn, are you not fully ready to be natural?
You can go in safely, says Wenning.
"Some people may want to take an organic approach, but they just can't stand the weeds already on the lawn," he said . ".
In this case, the traditional pre-application in early spring
Emergency weed killers that inhibit the growth of new weeds and proceed organically from this point.
"It's not really organic, it's a comprehensive approach, and you can choose to use this chemical if you want," said Wenning . ".
See it as the first step towards a truly organic lawn.