Lawn care can make your home more attractive and is a great way to enjoy the outdoors and get some good exercise at the same time. Interestingly enough, more and more women are taking on the duties of caring for the lawn. According to a recent survey (http://www.whyamericansdiy.com/Downloads/DIY_LawnCareReport.pdf) from ACE Hardware, nearly three-quarters of Americans take care of their own lawns.
Well, I am right in there with the majority on this. I love taking care of my own lawn and doing all of the landscaping. For those of you who share in the enjoyment of caring for your own lawn, I hope you will stop by and pay a visit from time to time. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments as well.
Another growing lawn care trend is the use of environment-friendly and chemical free treatment and fertilization of our lawns. Many people have seen or heard about Jerry Baker and read some of his books. I did. While they were useful, I found the ebook from John Perez (http://jaysteele.shine1.hop.clickbank.net/) to be much more valuable. Not only that but it is an ebook that you can download (thus, avoiding shipping and handling charges!). I also like that I can print it out, take it outside, mess it up and still have a fresh new copy on my computer. This ebook will show you how to use common household products for all of your lawn care needs, including insecticides and fertilizers, without spending a fortune! I have used the name-brand products and seen good results but I have also discovered that there are other less expensive, more effective solutions out there - if you are willing to look!
For example, we moved into a brand new home last year. The soil was good old red clay and there was very little topsoil. Fortunately, we had our lot sodded so that gave us some good dirt. However, after things settled, I had some low spots in the yard. I went down to my local hardware store and bought about 10 forty pound bags of organic peat. I spread that around into the grass to raise the low areas and about a week later I noticed that those sections were much greener than the rest of the lawn. Well, at first I thought this was just a short term benefit and would only last a few days or a week. I was wrong! These sections stayed green and healthy all summer and fall. Now I am going around to the rest of my yard and spreading a thin layer of organic peat everywhere else. Each bag costs about one dollar and I expect that it will take approx. 200 bags to cover our lot. So the cost is about the same as fertilizing throughout the year but the benefits will last substantially longer. If anyone else has any experience with this, especially over a longer period of time, I would love to hear from you.
Until next time - "green side up"
Have a great day!
The Lawn and Landscape Guy
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I write several blogs about lawn care and landscaping when I'm not out in the yard or looking for something to put in the yard.
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