A healthy green lawn is definitely true asset to any home. If you think about lawn care as a preventive health care program, then it can be easy to create conditions for your grass to flourish. It is a lot easier to prevent lawn care problems, such as weeds, insect attacks and diseases from happening than to try and treat them later.
If your real energetic and out to win the your Frisco neighborhood yard of the month you can develop healthy soil by combining a mixture of clay, silt and sand. Then test it occasionally to see if it needs organic material or the PH level needs adjusting (have fun with that).
Some home owners around the Frisco, Prosper and McKinney areas are fortunate enough to have mature trees in their yards so be sure to choose a grass type that is conducive not only to the climate but the sun, or lack thereof. It is important to understand each type of grass’s tolerance to watering, pest controls, shade and also degree of wear or play traffic.
When mowing your lawn, make sure the lawn is high, the frequency is often and the blades are sharp. It sounds strange, but water slowly and not too often, of course in our area, the frequency definitely varies according to the time of year. The rule of thumb is, only water a lawn when it really needs it and then water deeply and slowly. Trickle irrigation or soaker hoses used in the early morning hours are the best options, if you have a sprinkler system you can mimic the trickle effect by watering two short cycles instead of one longer cycle.
While most teens hate mowing the yard, I like to think of it as accidental exercise, lawn care can be a fun and appreciated family activity, especially when it concludes with a backyard cook-out! After all, isn’t that what summer is all about!
Robyn Heathcock
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