6 Useful Lawn Tips For Having A Healthy Lawn For Years To Come

1. Leave grass clippings on the lawn. Some of the most valuable nutrients can be added to your lawn by letting it reclaim these same nutrients from the clipped grass pieces. While may people worry that adding grass clippings or mulched leaves and branches will add or promote thatch to the lawn, but this is not true. The more nutrients the better; for the most part, and lawn clippings are best suited to support the living lawn.
2. Alternate mowing patterns. Each time you mow try not to mow the entire yard, but rather 1/3 of the overall yard. Also, each time you mow cover a different 1/3 of the yard. For example, if you start at a 3 o’clock position in your yard and go to a 7 o’clock position one time, start at 5 or 6 and go to 11. Keep the mowing pattern varied and you’ll have a healthier lawn.
3. Control weeds when they’re still young.
   
   
   
   It’s much easier to get a handle on new weeds than when they’re older, more established and just plain harder to remove.
4. Water early in the morning. Most lawns need about 1-2 inches of water each week. By watering the lawn early in the morning (4-9AM) it doesn’t have a chance to encourage mold or fungus like nighttime watering does. This also keeps the sun from burning up all the moisture, thus robbing your lawn and your pocketbook.
5. Avoid too much fertilizer. While more natural nutrients like those form compost or grass clippings really can’t be overdone, the use of commercial fertilizer certainly can be overdone. Don’t overdo the recommended doses of fertilizer for your lawn or you run the risk of poisoning your lawn n the long term.
6. Buy a powerful and efficient lawn mower. Not only do powerful and efficient lawn mowers cut grass better and more consistently, but they have lower emissions which is better for the environment. Of course a manual or electric mower is even better for the environment, but there are other performance issues that come along with these other mower types that you must consider yourself before making those decisions.

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