Lawn mowers are powerful machines. Accidents involving them are still commonplace in this day and age. It's possible to get seriously injured when using them, or cause injury to others. So it's vital you know how to stay safe when operating this tool. The following is a useful 10-step checklist to remember before and while you are mowing. It will help you and others be safer during the operation of a lawn mower, whether you use the push or riding variety. This information is for … [Read more...]
How Lawn Mowing Improves The Health Of Your Lawn
Mowing is the most basic type of lawn care activity. So basic, in fact, you could argue that without mowing you wouldn’t even have a “lawn” in the first place - just an overgrown field! Undoubtedly, a lawn is at its prettiest when it’s been mowed. It looks neat and tidy, even fresh and alive. Yet people often wait until the grass looks overgrown before they decide to get out their lawn mower. That's not a good idea if you wish to enjoy a healthy and lower maintenance lawn in the … [Read more...]
When To Aerate Your Lawn
Aerating your lawn is an important element of creating a healthy and beautiful lawn, as explained here. Lawn aeration requires time and effort. However, you only need to aerate your lawn once or twice a year for the grass to benefit fully. It will complement your usual lawn care regime such as mowing the grass, watering and feeding, and lawn sweeping. Unfortunately, many people do not aerate their lawns regularly enough or even at all. That's because they are not informed about its … [Read more...]
How To Aerate Your Lawn
Lawn aeration is the practice of making non-damaging holes in the soil, to allow air and nutrients to better reach the roots of grass. Before aerating, make sure that your lawn is damp. It is a good idea to aerate a few hours after rainfall, after the soil has had a chance to absorb water deep below the surface. There are two methods for aerating your lawn. The first, and perhaps simplest, is to perforate your lawn with holes using steel spikes. This method can be carried out … [Read more...]
Why You Need To Aerate Your Lawn
The grass on your lawn is no different from any other living system. A thriving, healthy lawn requires regular access to nutrients (such as nitrogen), water and air. The need for the first two elements are common knowledge amongst even non-gardeners. But what about the third: air? Plant organisms need air, and this is a fact that is often neglected by humans. Like you, your lawn needs air to breathe. However, grass has one crucial additional need for air that other vegetation does … [Read more...]
Dethatching Your Lawn Before Winter Comes
It’s likely that your lawn needs some work to restore its health after a busy summer of gatherings, parties, and the kids running around. September marks the beginning of fall, which is a good time to carry out repair work on your lawn before winter sets in and the grass stops growing. One type of effective lawn repair work you can do is dethatching. What Is Dethatching? Dethatching is the removal of dead moss, old grass stems and other types of decaying organic matter that prevent … [Read more...]