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5 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Lawn
While Landscaping
Landscaping
your home can be an exciting and invigorating
experience, particularly if you've decided to do the work
yourself. Unfortunately, there's something that can get lost
in this process though - a healthy lawn. Too often your grass
pays the price when your attention gets diverted to other
sections of your garden. Here are a few suggestions of ways to
prevent your lawn from suffering while you're working on your
new landscaping projects.
1. Proper
Planning
You'll probably spend a lot of
time planning the landscaping of your new garden. Don't forget
about your grass when planning your new layout! While water
features and plants are more exciting than the location and
shape of grass, it is these green areas that will give your
garden its unity and allow you the space to enjoy your new
creation. Grass many seem a secondary consideration, but
proper planning ahead of time can save a lot of stress on your
grass in terms of cutting and moving.
2. Be Aware of Wear and
Tear
Landscaping often involves a
lot of moving of soil and stones and plants so you want to
think ahead and consider what spots on your grass will receive
the most traffic. Some grasses stand up to wear and tear
better than others so you need to figure out what type of
grass you have and how it might fair. Try to reduce the stress
on your grass by limiting the amount of traffic that goes
across it. You could even lay down boards on the spots where
you anticipate the most traffic is going to go through. This
may mush up your grass a bit, but will protect it from any
major damage. If you do lay down boards, you'll want to make
sure that you lift them up for mowing and watering so your
grass gets all of the care it needs.
3. Continue Your Usual
Maintenance
After spending hours in your
garden landscaping, the last thing you probably want to do is
cut the grass. It's important that you be consistent in your
maintenance throughout the landscaping process. By staying on
top of things like length and weeds, you may save yourself
valuable time later on. Though it may be the last thing you
want to do after a long day slaving away in the garden, your
grass still needs the usual maintenance.
4. Try a Little TLC
If you do neglect
your grass while working on your landscaping project, then be
sure to give it lots of TLC when the project is over.
Grass that's been ignored can often be brought back to it
original state with a little care and attention. You'll need
to be consistent with your mowing and watering and you might
also need to apply fertilizer depending on the state of your
grass and the time of the year. You'll also need to address
any weed problems that have crept up while your attention was
focused elsewhere.
If you've neglected your
grass to the point that it has brown spots, then you'll need
to try to bring that grass back to life through a lot of
watering. You can also apply sugar to these brown spots to get
the microbes active again. If the damage is too extensive,
then try encouraging new growth by spreading grass seed. You
can lay new sod if there's no chance for your grass after the
landscaping process is over.
5. Water, Water
Everywhere
Water can work wonders on
neglected grass. When working on your landscaping project, be
sure that you are giving your new plants enough water, but
don't forget about your grass. Consistent watering can often
revive grass that has long been neglected in favor of other
gardening projects. Grass that has lost its lush texture and
rich color can be revitalized simply through watering in many
cases. Watering while the grass is under the stress of
landscaping can also really be beneficial.
By ensuring that your grass
is getting the nutrients and moisture that it needs, you'll be
saving yourself a lot of time in the long run and guaranteeing
that your newly landscaped garden looks perfect right down to
each blade of grass.
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