I was browsing the Internet this morning ( It’s too dark to be out mowing, or I’d be doing that - yeah, right ) and I came across an e-book all about grass care!
I looked at it and found out that I could get you a preview of the first two chapters as a free report - check this out:
It’s got tips on watering, fertilizing, and pest control - the basic stuff that I’m still trying to figure out what works and isn’t worth your time. But they are presented as little tip nuggets so you can figure out what to try. Then, if you want the rest of the book it goes into more depth on the previous topics and gets into seeding, aerating and a topic that I’m starting to look into and that is geographical differences in how you do your grass care.
It just makes sense that my grass in the middle of America is different than somebody on the coast, or somebody living in the desert of Arizona. Now that is one cool grass care tip! Move to Arizona and just put sand all over your yard. I would love that. I think here I would get some kind of ticket for doing that though. So, as much as I hate it, I’m stuck with trying to fix my grass.
Download this dream lawn grass care - it is a PDF document. If it helps you out - be sure to come back and tell me about it. I’d love to hear from somebody how they are managing their hatred for their grass care!
I have read a few things about fertilizer now. To tell you the truth, I’ve only used the stuff once. And I didn’t see that much of a difference. But you know what? Because of my hatred of grass care, I probably did it wrong.
Just throwing stuff out on your lawn and expecting something terrific to happen is just plain silly. I went out and got me a little hand fertilizer thing. A spreader? I don’t know what you’d call it - here take a look.
Yeah, that’s real sweat dripping off my chin!
One thing I’m learning you should do is a little analysis to find out what the deal is with your lawn before going out and throwing stuff on it. You can get kits to test the soil (I’ll have to find out more about this…) and you can see what kind of weeds you have (crabgrass is my latest enemy…).
It’s also something to consider, that lawns don’t need as much feeding as people think. Once or twice a year is plenty. And the fall is a great time because the root system is growing as the temperature cools off a bit. One thing I learned is that Nitrogen really can green up the lawn, but it can make the roots grow shallow and that is, evidently, a bad thing. Good grass roots can choke out weeds. Hmm I wonder if that stuff I put down had anything to do with why I haven’t seen nearly as many dandelions this summer..?
Anyway, as far as spreaders go - I had a serious problem with the one I got. As you can see in the picture, it pretty much relies on wrist strength to hold it up. And when it’s full - that gets tough real fast. So I would spill stuff and get tired real easy.
But look what I found!
This is a spreader that is WAY better for grass care than the one I have. It’s got a bag on it - so stuff won’t spill out of the top. And better yet, it’s got a shoulder strap! Now that will keep your wrist from giving out.
So whether it’s fertilizing - or weed killing (don’t know much about that yet either!) you can use this to help you in your battle in your yard.
Just out surfing the net feeling frustrated about all this information on grass care.
I came across a little snippet that makes me feel really stupid. Basically it’s about mowing. And I’ve been mowing a lot more with my moterless grass care mower (Likin’ the exercise more than I thought I would - I guess). Come to find out even how you run around your yard makes a difference. You’ve got to be kidding me!
I always thought those commercial grass care guys were cool on their hovercraft floating around and making the grass look all striped and stuff. So I wanted to do that in my back yard. (You can get a peek at it on my video below). So I go back and forth and I’ve made little grooves in my grass. I thought that was the secret. Now I find out you are supposed to vary the way you mow for the health of your lawn. I’m feeling the hatred well within me for my grass…
So driving ruts into your yard isn’t the way to do that. I have no idea how to make that happen. I guess I’ll have to do some research. Anybody know where I can find this out. And if it’s a lot of effort, I don’t know that I’ll even be interested.
I came across this article over the weekend. It’s got more grass care tips that you can stand. I’ll share with you a few of the highlights.
Mostly the point of the article is whether or not you should water your grass. You should get your grass a good soaking once a week. Why a good soaking? Because just a splash of water doesn’t encourage the root system to grow down. A good lawn is all about a strong root system. It supports the plants - and more importantly it chokes out competing weeds. So about an inch of water a week.
Then they go on to explain that watering in the morning is best. During the day a portion evaporates off and you are just paying to add to the humidity outside, yuck! And at night you can encourage fungus to grow. Who would want that?
There is a good discussion about the types of grass and fertilizer to use - I’ll save those discussions for another time, but they are all in there.
My favorite part… well there were two favorites, but one leads to the other. One favorite was that they kept talking about how expensive it is to water. They would say to watch your water bills. Not doing it sounds like a great option for some one like me who hates grass care in the first place!
But here was the killer! What happens if you don’t water in the hottest and driest part of the summer? You grass goes dormant! Now why didn’t I think of that! Grass is built to survive from year to year - how do you think your yard stays the way it is? It’s not like a crop that you harvest each fall and plant again in the spring - it’s just there.
So what’s the deal with a dormant lawn? Basically it just hibernates until more rain starts falling in the autumn. The only side effect is that it turns brown. But 1) it stops growing and 2) no expense or hassle of watering! Now that is great!
And I’m not so vain that I can’t stand to have my yard a little less green than the neighbors. Hey, if you are, you don’t have to admit it. I’ll have something to say soon to help you out too. I fact, that drive to keep up may be why you hate grass care as much or even more than I do!
Again, if you want to read the whole article for yourself, sit down, make yourself comfortable and click for grass care tips article.
Here is an appropriate introduction to why I hate grass care.
I would really appreciate it if you joined me. Let me know I’m not alone in facing this horrible chore. Sure I want my grass to look nice. No, I don’t want to be the bane of my neighbors. But short of hiring a gardener, I am faced with this task.
I will be collecting your tips to help me. I will also be looking for news and products that will help aleviate the pain of this task.
For starters you probably want to know why I’m using this reel mower for my grass care. I couldn’t handle the constant repairs and not starting of a gas mower, plus getting the gas or having it go bad as I neglected my mowing.
Not that’ I’m a big fan of the environment. Oh don’t get me wrong, it’s fine for the dark jungles of the Amazon, the Serengetti plains, or the Austrailian bush. But not in my back yard. But if you like the idea of doing your part for the planet. Using this little monster for grass care replaces a conventional lawn mower. In one hour that replaces the pollution of 40 late model cars (or as much as driving a car for 100 miles).
That’s nice for the planet and all, but for me it’s personal. I hate grass care!
Michael 
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