Gardeningtipbooks(How do you take care of grass and weeds and stuff?)

Gardeningtipbooks Easy Gardens. How do you take care of  grass and weeds and stuff ?

A common question that I shall explain over again as these items are important but simple to deal with, First lawns, I am not one to promote the perfect lawn here, one that could be used to play bowls on cannot take the punishment of young children running around on it and getting worn by constant use. So personally I can live with a lawn with imperfections such as a few weeds and a bit of moss, when cut and tidied up it will look just fine. First if not having done so cut the edges with an edging spade, this will only be required once per season and then just the edges cut with edging shears before you mow the lawn. When working as a gardener I found it difficult to understand why some customers would insist I apply weed and feed to their lawn and then comment on the brown patches, (a result of the weed and moss killer in the application) and how quickly the grass grows!  I did not mind just raking over the brown patches to remove the dead weeds, adding some grass seed and watering soon brought it back to be green again. And cutting the grass on a fortnightly regime assured the grass did not get overlong. Getting paid to make the grass grow and again to cut it was a good idea as far as I  was concerned. Believe me grass has a habit of growing no matter what, it has been around a long time and will still be here long after you mow your last lawn. So I say let it be just give it a trim now and then and don’t complicate the matter, I never use the stuff on my lawn as I dislike using chemicals near any plants or soil. The only purpose found to use weed killer has been on pathways where it is difficult to weed between the gaps in a path, then I use sodium chlorate mixed with water (sparingly) Make sure you never use the same container to then water your plants for obvious reasons, I have  two watering cans one red one green, red for chemicals the other not. If finding larger weeds in the lawn you can just dig them out with reasonable ease. There are special tools for doing this but a long knife does the trick just as well.

Weeds in the border can be dealt with as mentioned before in Gardeningtipbooks hints and tips by using rakes a spade or trowel and just digging lightly just below the weeds and teasing them from the soil to remove them just a small portion of the border at a time. For larger rooted weeds use the trowel to remove all of the weed as small pieces left in the soil will only grow again. Do not be discouraged little and often is the key. Some weeds of course are more difficult to remove such as mares tail or the dreaded Japanese knot weed the latter requiring specialist removal at great expense and the thought of possibly moving home may be considered. Nettles do not like being cut down so do this often and they will reduce in growth over time. Dig out as many of the large roots as you can and they will not be so invasive then. The majority of weeds can be removed just be as perssistant as they are and you will learn how to control them.

Time for a break after that weeding, Regards MJ. and Thanks for all your recent  comments. Gardeningtipbooks.com

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