Insight For A Healthy Lawn And Landscaping
The landscaping of your yard provides a great environment in your yard for beneficial insects and wildlife and makes your property look highly attractive. But to get your yard looking its best, you need to keep an eye on your lawn and provide it the best healthy environment for growth. Here are some recommendations to help you take the best care of your lawn and landscaping.
Promote Healthy Soil
The condition of your lawn's soil is really going to make a big difference in how your lawn looks and grows. If your lawn soil becomes compacted over time with regular foot traffic, your lawn cannot reach a full healthy condition because it will not be able to access essential nutrients from the soil. Hard compacted soil does not allow air flow through the soil, which the roots of your lawn needs. In addition, nutrients cannot reach the roots as easily either, and your lawn can suffer from soil compaction and poor moisture content.
Aerate your lawn soil once a year to loosen the soil compaction. Then, whenever you apply lawn fertilizers or allow the lawn clippings to fall back onto the lawn soil after you mow, the beneficial soil organisms and angleworms will have a healthy habitat in which they can promote the soil's rich composition and nutrient inclusions.
Look for a professional aeration by a landscape service or you can rent your own aeration machine to complete the work yourself. Just be careful you don't run over any sprinkler heads or into lawn borders as this can leave significant damage.
Water Appropriately
Watering your lawn is another element that you should not overlook as an important step to your lawn's health. How much water your lawn receives through the summer should be based on the climate and temperature of the season. However, your lawn can survive on minimal water if you are experiencing times of drought, which are more common around the west recently, so you can reduce watering when it is needed.
The amount of water you choose to apply to your lawn should be spread out less frequently and more deeply so the water reaches well into the soil. This will promote your lawn to grow its roots equally as deep and rely on this deep-set water source, which will protect it against drought conditions. Overwatering your lawn during times of water abundance will only cause your lawn to have shallow roots and the soil to be void of oxygen. This stops healthy microbial activity in your soil and compacts the soil down in an anaerobic environment.
For more tips, contact a local landscaping service.
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