It's time to get your plants, shrubs and grass ready for colder days ahead. Preparing your landscape now gives you added spring color and growth. Watering - Make sure you continue to water if it doesn't rain for more than two weeks. The best time to water your lawn is in the early morning when temperatures are still cool.Fertilizing - Fall fertilization is the first step toward next year's healthy lawn. This also is the time to apply pre-emergent treatments, which controls unwanted weeds and grasses. Turf must be fertilized on a regular basis to keep it healthy. Mowing - Mowing your lawn regularly and at the correct height is important. Cutting off no more than the top one-third of the grass blade at any one time is important for maintaining a healthy lawn. Another great mowing tip is to grasscycle, leaving your grass clippings on the lawn instead of bagging them and throwing them away. Grass clippings are 75 to 85 percent water. When left on the ground, grass clippings will quickly decompose and create beneficial compost for your lawn. Mulching - Mulch helps protect the root system on cold winter days. Mulch also helps conserve water, prevents soil crusting, suppresses weeds and moderates fluctuations in soil temperature. Moreover, organic mulch provides valuable humus to soil as it is slowly broken down to beneficial microbes.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
WINTER PREPARATIONS FOR YOUR YARD
It's time to get your plants, shrubs and grass ready for colder days ahead. Preparing your landscape now gives you added spring color and growth. Watering - Make sure you continue to water if it doesn't rain for more than two weeks. The best time to water your lawn is in the early morning when temperatures are still cool.Fertilizing - Fall fertilization is the first step toward next year's healthy lawn. This also is the time to apply pre-emergent treatments, which controls unwanted weeds and grasses. Turf must be fertilized on a regular basis to keep it healthy. Mowing - Mowing your lawn regularly and at the correct height is important. Cutting off no more than the top one-third of the grass blade at any one time is important for maintaining a healthy lawn. Another great mowing tip is to grasscycle, leaving your grass clippings on the lawn instead of bagging them and throwing them away. Grass clippings are 75 to 85 percent water. When left on the ground, grass clippings will quickly decompose and create beneficial compost for your lawn. Mulching - Mulch helps protect the root system on cold winter days. Mulch also helps conserve water, prevents soil crusting, suppresses weeds and moderates fluctuations in soil temperature. Moreover, organic mulch provides valuable humus to soil as it is slowly broken down to beneficial microbes.
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