We've all seen and envied that lawn. It's green, it's lush, it's healthy. No weeds, no dead or dry spots, just clean and green. Weather it's your neighbors, a rich uncle's, or the mayor's lawn we'd like our lawns to be like, You can do it too with these 3 essentials to keeping it clean and green! You can do these yourself, or ask us at NarrowLeaf Landscapes to help you with them!
There are 3 tips for a green and healthy lawn: Food, Water and Care:
1. Food - Fertilize often; 6-8 times per year. It's not enough to do it once in the spring.
2. Water - Regular Watering. You really need an automatic sprinkler system to give predictable, regular water.
3. Care - Aerate 2x/yr and cut EVERY week. It puts the grass into stress when we go longer than a week between cuts because we cut too much off the plant.
If we do these 3 things, in addition to a great appearance, the grass will be strong. When grass is healthy and strong, it forms a web (all the roots are attached) and it keeps out unwanted pests like insects and weeds.
Along with keeping out pests, insects, and weeds a lush lawn with healthy grass can also cool your yard, making it easier to keep your air conditioning bills down during the hot summer. At the same time, your yard is an oxygen factory, breathing in and sequestering carbon while releasing clean oxygen-enough for a family of four every day if you have at least 50 x 50 ft of green!
Use these 3 Essentials to provide better outdoor family recreation, get-togethers, parties, a better look to your lawn, or just to help you with your bills during the summer heat!
