Susan’s Lawn Gardens is pleased to feature this article from today’s guest author, RON KING. He is an expert gardener, so we feel very comfortable recommending his work to our visitors.

Organic Pest Control – Pest Control Recipes
By Ron King

Eliminating Pests the Organic Way

We’re all looking for ways to live in a more earth-friendly fashion. But when it comes to gardening, it’s difficult to learn how to kill or prevent garden pests in a safe way. Organic pest control has made lots of headway, and we’re lucky to have many more effective options to resolve this problem.

Remove Them by Hand

Picking off grubs and other insects by hand is a basic way to eliminate your pesky problem. You can also build many types of barrier environments which entrap the insects. Plugging holes is also critical. Read the rest of this entry »

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Susan’s Lawn Gardens is pleased to feature this article from today’s guest author, MARK FALCO. He is a lawn care expert, so we feel very comfortable recommending his work to our visitors.

Basic Lawn Care – Mowing, Scarifiers, Aeration, and Watering Tips
By Mark Falco

The arrival of summer heralds a time of increased wear and tear for the average garden lawn. Children’s yard games, barbecue parties, outdoor sports and generally more activity in the garden means your lawn is set to come in for something of a beating and without a little TLC is likely to start showing more than a little worse for wear. Stomp all over any living thing and it doesn’t respond too kindly but with a little help, your lawn can remain looking great all through summer and beyond!

Fertiziler

For a lusher, healthier, faster-growing lawn you can’t beat a bit of fertilizer. Test your soil type and choose a fertilizer to compliment this for best results. Most lawns will benefit from around three to four fertilizer applications through the year, with the first around a month before the start of the growinf season to give your grass a kickstart and then up to three more with approximately a two month gap in between applications can give good results. Read the rest of this entry »

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Do you have a “Saturday” morning lawn care and maintenance routine? Is it absolutely necessary… will your lawn die if you don’t? Certainly not… at least not right away.

Perhaps more so in Nature than in human experience, consistency is a life-factor. Even from a purely practical standpoint, a consistent lawn care and maintenance program saves money and helps build equity in your home.

An established, well maintained lawn garden adds considerable value to your home.

A typical “Saturday” lawn care schedule…

Of course, “Saturday” is optional… pick any day. Just be consistent. Read the rest of this entry »

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If the soil has lots of earthworms, then your lawn is healthy and vibrant.

If there are very few earthworms, it means one of two things… Either your soil is so nutrient poor that earthworms can’t survive, or pesticides have killed most of them.

Practicing natural, organic gardening lawn care can alleviate both of these problems. If you want a healthy green lawn that is earthworm-friendly, just follow these easy organic gardening lawn care basics: Read the rest of this entry »

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Lawns need sixteen elements to survive. Fortunately, for lawns, most are found naturally in the environment… but at least three need to be added.

The majority of “weekend” gardeners are not aware of this lawn care practice, so it’s no wonder lawns sicken and sometimes die.

Adding fertilizer containing the three missing elements (nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus) will do the job nicely.
Wait! Don’t run to the store yet.

Your lawn’s well-being depends on these three missing elements:

Here’s what you need to know about them: Read the rest of this entry »

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