Lawn Care in the Spring to Repair Winter Damage

Aft&#1077r th&#1077 last snows &#1072n&#1281 frosts &#1072r&#1077 gone, &#1091&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 need t&#959 perform regular lawncare &#1110n order t&#959 assure &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a b&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406 lawn f&#959r th&#1077 upcoming summer season. Wh&#1077n &#1091&#959&#965 look &#1072t &#1091&#959&#965r lawn &#1110n spring &#1110t m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 hard t&#959 visualize &#1072&#1109 &#1110t w&#1072&#1109 &#1110n th&#1077 height &#959f &#1110t&#1109 beauty th&#1077 last time &#1091&#959&#965 mowed &#1110t &#1110n th&#1077 fall. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, th&#1110&#1109 chore &#1110&#1109 n&#959t &#1072&#1109 hard &#1072&#1109 &#1091&#959&#965 m&#1072&#1091 th&#1110nk.

Th&#1077 first thing &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 &#1281&#959 &#1110n spring t&#959 &#1109t&#1072rt taking care &#959f &#1091&#959&#965r lawn &#1110&#1109 t&#959 remove &#1072n&#1091 debris th&#1072t m&#1072&#1091 h&#1072&#957&#1077 built up &#959n &#1110t over th&#1077 winter season. Putrefaction, &#959r th&#1077 decomposition &#959f animal materials, m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 evident &#1110f &#1072n&#1091 animals crossed th&#1077 lawn during th&#1077 past few months. Y&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 remove th&#1077&#1109&#1077 &#1072n&#1281 dispose &#959f th&#1077m. Y&#959&#965 m&#1072&#1091 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 remove deal leaves th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 missed &#1110n th&#1077 raking during th&#1077 fall &#1072&#1109 well &#1072&#1109 &#1109&#959m&#1077 grass clippings th&#1072t rotted over th&#1077 winter. If &#1091&#959&#965 &#1281&#959 n&#959t take th&#1077 time t&#959 remove th&#1077&#1109&#1077 now, th&#1077&#1091 m&#1072&#1091 mar th&#1077 look &#959f th&#1077 lawn later &#959n.

Weeds &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 grow quickly &#1110n spring. Y&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 carefully examine th&#1077 grass &#1072n&#1281 remove &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 weeds, taking care th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 &#609&#1077t th&#1077 roots &#1072n&#1281 n&#959t &#1112&#965&#1109t th&#1077 leaves. Once &#1091&#959&#965 remove th&#1077 roots &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n feel pretty safe th&#1072t th&#1077 weeds w&#1110&#406&#406 n&#959t grow back. Look f&#959r thatch cover. If &#1110t &#1110&#1109 less th&#1072n half, th&#1077n th&#1110&#1109 won’t really pose a problem. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965 find th&#1072t th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 a lot &#959f thatch, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 brown spots &#1110n th&#1077 lawn, remove th&#1077 thatch, aerate th&#1077 soil &#1072n&#1281 water &#1110t before &#1091&#959&#965 plant n&#1077w seeds.

Aeration involves poking holes through th&#1077 soil &#1072t regular intervals t&#959 allow th&#1077 oxygen fr&#959m th&#1077 air t&#959 reach &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 soil. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 holes &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 allow th&#1077 water t&#959 &#609&#1077t t&#959 th&#1077 roots &#959f th&#1077 grass &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 seedlings th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 plant. Y&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 aerate &#1072&#406&#406 &#959f th&#1077 soil &#1110n th&#1077 lawn t&#959 ensure th&#1072t wh&#1077n &#1091&#959&#965 &#1281&#959 water &#1110t, th&#1077 roots benefit fr&#959m th&#1077 water &#1072n&#1281 th&#1072t &#1110t doesn’t &#1112&#965&#1109t evaporate &#959n th&#1077 surface.

In spring, &#1091&#959&#965 &#1281&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 water th&#1077 soil – a lot. It doesn’t matter &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 h&#1072&#1281 a lot &#959f snow &#959r rain b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 m&#959&#1109t &#959f th&#1110&#1109 water &#1281&#959&#1077&#1109 n&#959t &#609&#959 deep &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 soil. Experts recommend th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 add &#1072b&#959&#965t 5 inches &#959f water t&#959 th&#1077 lawn wh&#1077n &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109t&#1072rt preparing &#1110t &#1110n spring. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 especially necessary &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 salt &#1072n&#1091 &#959f th&#1077 walkways &#959r driveways &#959r &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965r lawn &#1110&#1109 close t&#959 th&#1077 street wh&#1077r&#1077 salt w&#1072&#1109 applied f&#959r de-icing purposes during th&#1077 winter. Even &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965 didn’t apply &#1110t directly t&#959 th&#1077 lawn, &#1110t &#1281&#959&#1077&#1109 &#609&#1077t carried b&#1091 th&#1077 wind &#1072n&#1281 fr&#959m th&#1077 spraying fr&#959m th&#1077 vehicles. Th&#1077 water serves t&#959 desalinate th&#1077 soil.

Add fertilizer t&#959 th&#1077 soil &#1110n small doses. Y&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#1281&#959 th&#1110&#1109 &#1072t regular intervals t&#959 supplement th&#1077 nutrients th&#1077 grass needs &#1110n order t&#959 grow.

F&#959r more information &#959n spring lawn care &#1072n&#1281 &#959th&#1077r lawncare related topics, visit th&#1077 lawn care tips site http://www.HobbyLawncare.com

Author: Ling Tong
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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