Easy Ways To Improve Your Lawn

May 24th 2021

A great-looking lawn doesn't happen overnight. It's a labor of love from homeowners year-round. Luckily, with proper lawn care, achieving a beautiful lawn that you and your family can enjoy and all your neighbors will envy is easier than ever. To help you transform your lawn, the professionals at Evergreen Lawn Care have outlined five simple tricks that are sure to yield results.

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Aerate Your Lawn

Your lawn is likely a high-traffic area, which means that, over time, the soil beneath your grass can become very compacted. Unfortunately, packed soil often leads to problems with air circulation, water drainage, and nutrient absorption. If you want to green up your grass and make your turf healthier and more beautiful, consider aerating your lawn regularly. Aerating essentially means punching holes in your yard by using a handheld tool or similar industry-grade equipment. Consult a lawn care specialist to learn more.

Water Properly

One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is watering their lawn improperly. Watering for just a few minutes a few times a week won't cut it for a healthy lawn. For a healthier lawn, learn to water your grass deeply and less often. If you water infrequently and deeply, your grassroots will start to grow deeper down into the soil. Watering helps your grass stay green during periods of drought or scorching weather.

Use Natural Fertilizer

It's a perfect time to switch from synthetic to natural fertilizer. Natural fertilizers are better for your grass, the environment and proven to work better than synthetics. Some studies even suggest that using natural fertilizer can make your lawn greener. Additionally, natural fertilizers aren't full of harsh ingredients, making them a better option to keep your family and the environment healthier.

Cut Your Grass Correctly

Knowing what height to cut your grass is a critical way to get your grass to grow healthy and strong. Setting your lawnmower to the highest or lowest setting is not necessarily the best thing for your grass. In fact, different grass species have different needs in terms of grass-cutting height. A local lawn care company can advise you on the best height to cut your grass to ensure the healthiest-looking lawn.

"Grass Cycle" Your Clippings

Grasscycling involves letting your lawn reuse the grass clippings produced by mowing. The benefit of grasscycling is that it's easy. You simply leave your grass clippings on the lawn instead of throwing them away. It's been proven that grass clippings will quickly decompose and return needed nutrients to the soil, so the grass clippings also act as a natural mulch, helping your grass to retain water and become greener.