If you want to live more green and be in harmony with the environment with your lawn care, you will need to give it some planning and forethought. Gaining a better understanding of weeds and grass as plants will help you to achieve your goal.
Trying to stay true to the principles of organic and natural
living is not as easy as you think it should be. In our culture we have become
acclimated to certain conditions that have only been achieved through the use
of chemicals. From doing the laundry, to washing cars and tending our yards, we
have invented a chemical for nearly every task. If you want to live more green and
be in harmony with the environment with your lawn care, you will need to give
it some planning and forethought.
One bit of thinking we may need to change is our perception
of what makes a weed. Many of the “pests” that we are being sold
chemicals for are actually our native plants and rather beautiful in their own
right. An example of this is the dandelion that has a pretty yellow flower
during one stage of its growth and wispy and delicate heads during its seed
stage. We have all enjoyed blowing the seeds to the wind and watching the
“parachutes” gracefully float away.
Notwithstanding your newfound definition of a weed, you may
still want to discourage some types of plant life in your lawn. Here are some
ways to do that in as natural a way as possible. First, give the desirable
grasses as much support and nutrition as possible. You can find organic
fertilizer recipes and get on a schedule of feeding your lawn the nutrients it
needs to make it as strong as possible.
Grass is naturally an aggressive, thriving plant. Do your
part to keep it healthy and it will make no room for the weeds. Keep your yard
on a regular mowing plan so that the plants are at a good height for the grass
only. This way your grass will receive more of the soil, water and sunlight than
the weeds. Grass loves to be mowed, whereas weeds are damaged by it. The act of
mowing keeps the yard looking good in more ways than one.
Here is one other method for weed control that has been all
but forgotten. We are so inclined these days to gravitate to the solutions that
take no time and no effort. This forgotten method I am talking about can become
an activity for quality family time together. It can get you out into the fresh
air and give you great exercise. This method is simply going out into your yard
and pulling the weeds by hand or with digging tools.
The hand pulling of weeds is very efficacious in weed
removal because nothing kills a weed like removing its roots from the soil. The
weed can then be removed from your yard and you expend some calories and use
your muscles like they should be, too. There is nothing that can be said to be
more natural and environmentally “green” than this good old-fashioned
method, and it is truly effective , also.
About the author
Matia Bryson, the author of this article, invites you to
visit
Green Lawn Care at http://greenlawncareservice.com to get the advice
needed to keep yard maintenance as green and hassle-free as possible.
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Tags: chemicals, dandelion, desirable grasses, forethought, grass, harmony, laundry, lawn care, native plants, nutrients, organic fertilizer, parachutes, perception, pests, seed stage, seeds, soil water, sunlight, weeds, yellow flower