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Home & Garden 2000
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Front yard beauty
.A great looking lawn can add to the attractiveness of the
home.
With the arrival of spring, your
lawn can present you with some
unwelcome surprises.
But before we look for trouble,
let’s consider the easiest way to
avoid it. It’s lawn watering, and it’s
the single most important thing you
can do to promote healthy lawn
growth.
However, there are a couple of
important things to know about
effective lawn watering. To begin
with, it’s important to remember that
grass roots require different watering
methods at different stages of their
development.
For example, because the shallow
roots of new grass or sodded lawns
dry out more quickly than estab
lished lawns, they need frequent
watering to remain healthy. That’s
why you should be sure to water in
small amounts every day.
For an established lawn, you
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should thoroughly water once a
week, applying a full inch of water.
This will assure that its deep roots
get the water they need, to protect
your lawn from extended dry spell
damage. (Here’s a handy tip: set out
an empty can to gauge your watering
depth.)
Weeds and insects can be a major
problem too - but that’s a subject for
another column. Let’s assume that
you’ve already got those problems
under control, but you’re left with
unsightly bare patches that must be
re-seeded. The first step is to apply a
good quality seed. Seed patches
should then be covered with an inch
or so of specially formulated soil
amendment to hold moisture and add
valuable organic material to the soil.
It’s also important to remember
that seed planted too early could well
become an extra food supply for the
local bird population. A quality
phosphate-based starter fertilizer
will assure that your newly germi
nated plants awaken to a healthy
breakfast that will stimulate root
growth and get the patch off to a
strong start.
When the newly seeded patch
reaches the height of surrounding
grass, it’s time to treat it like an adult
- with an application of a top quality
slow-release nitrogen feeder prod
uct.
Whichever products you choose,
be sure to follow package instruc-
tions carefully, to make your Spring ful success.
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• It’s in the can...never judge a
paint colour by what’s in the can or
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• Back away from the wall...don’t
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wall to be painted because the colour
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• Now you see it, now you don’t
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