Ideal growing conditions are essential for successful lawn garden care and maintenance, because they generate healthy grass. And healthy grass overcomes weeds and resists droughts, pests, and diseases.

Healthy grass needs loamy soil and the right amount of water… two very crucial ingredients of effective lawn care and maintenance.

How to have the right soil conditions for healthy grass:

The ideal soil is a loamy combination of sand, silt, and clay because it absorbs water readily and stores it.

Here’s how to determine if your soil is the right consistency… Squeeze a handful of moist soil. If it doesn’t hold its shape when squeezed, then it has too much sand. If it sticks together and barely breaks apart (if at all) when touched, then it has too much clay. If it holds its shape until poked, and then crumbles, then celebrate… you have loamy soil! This is the absolute best soil consistency for a healthy lawn. 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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You are no doubt familiar with the saying, “Count the cost”, meaning that you should realize what it’s going to cost you to get where you want to go. If you are considering laying a sod lawn yourself, then absolutely “count the cost”. Just be prepared for hard physical labor, and a pretty big chunk out of your bank account.

But if you can weather the “cost”, then this is the route for you. The key to the entire process is planning ahead…

Start planning…

Select a 2-week period of time in which to install your sod lawn. Check long-range weather forecasts… and keep checking them. If you plan to hire laborers or recruit some friends, contact them to verify that they will be available throughout these two weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s never too early to start Spring lawn care and maintenance. So what if it’s raining cats and dogs or there’s a howling blizzard outside.

Tools need sharpening and equipment needs… something. Besides, you have high hopes that Spring is right around the corner. Ah, beautiful spring bulbs, plum blossoms, and flowering dogwood. You can already see it… by heaven, you can smell it!

Well, almost. Read the rest of this entry »

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There is nothing quite so delicious as cool, green grass under bare feet. Can you design a lawn so this is no longer just a remembered sensation?

Absolutely! Just follow these 4 easy steps…

Step 1: Design your lawn garden…

First of all, thinking “lawn garden” instead of just “lawn” will help you come up with the right design. It’s also much easier to accomplish this before putting the lawn in.

But it’s not impossible to get it right, even after the fact. Executing your design will just take a bit more effort.

Decide how many flower beds you want, where to plant trees and shrubs, whether you want a pond, where the sidewalks and other paths will be, whether to include a fence, a trellis, or even a bridge… Read the rest of this entry »

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