Easy Tips For A Luxury Lawn
Gardening is a fun and relaxing way to spend your days. It saves you from the pressures of work and hectic schedules, and takes your mind off the news and the everyday worries of life. The joy of a beautiful garden, especially in the Anglo-Saxon context, has typically focused on a bright, fresh-feeling, green and glowing, spread of splendor. You can picture it: the perfect, idyllic luxury lawn. Whether you get your gardening done by a professional landscaping service or perform the upkeep yourself, a beautifully puttered lawn can make or break your garden.
But let’s face it, the pursuit of beauty and green fingers can often come at a price, especially when you get it wrong. With this in mind, it is worth investing the right time and energy into making the correct lawn-focused decisions. So, here’s how to be smart about maintaining a gorgeous lawn.
1) Don’t Let the Grass Get Thirsty
As most amateur home gardeners will attest, getting the right amount of water into your plant soil is the single most important component of maintaining a healthy lawn. But knowing exactly how much water to use and how often is the subject of some debate.
A few rules of thumb we found useful were 10 mm of water to your lawn three times a week or two inches once a week. Be sure to keep watering regularly and make it part of your routine. No one wants a straw-like and dishevelled looking garden!
2) Luxury Lawn : Fertilize the Soil
Ensuring a thriving chemical balance for your lawn is the next most important thing. Worrying about fertilization is not simply an industrial concern. Your garden is not in the wild, so it will not be exposed to the same biodiversity as it should.
Your turf is in its most active stage at the start of summer, so fertilize accordingly. Carry this out three to four times a week so that the grass remains a consistent and resplendent green. Make sure to use nutrient-rich fertilizers. Think about adding phosphorus in the second season and nitrogen towards the end of the growing season.
3) Riding Mowers
Unless you are planning on bringing a posse of gardeners to your home for some serious planting and tending, then you should be looking to mow your lawn.
For the most consistent and beautiful lawns, and this is especially true for those of us with larger gardens, you should really think about investing in a riding lawn mower. It really is the hidden trick to great gardening. Do some research on the best riding lawn mowers online before heading down to your local garden center to buy your very own. Consider that the mower should be well-built, and perform to a high standard while still making room for modern features such as cruise control or hydrostatic transmission.
Once you get the hang of riding your mower around your garden, the entire process can be easily carried out in the morning or at lunch. It achieves a great deal in keeping your lawn looking green and pretty, but essentially requires very little skill. If your lawn is sizeable, this is by far the best and easiest option to keep it neat.
4) Luxury Lawn Color with Flowers
Though not necessarily part of a lawn, a fresh prop of daisies, or the odd splash of brightness in a flower bed can really make your lawn scintillate. Flower arranging is one of the easiest ways to add beauty to your garden, and while you can spend quite a bit of money on expensive bouquets, you do not have to. Splicing your flower stems across different plots can also create gorgeous explosions of color.
Remember to check our gardening tips for this fall.