Not exactly a model home.
We have one of the most pitiful lawns on our whole street. It makes me sad to see it out there, patchy, barely green, dotted with dandelions - especially compared to the lush, thick, deep green lawns of most of our neighbors.
I see them out there, fertilizing and mowing all the time. They had their sprinklers on a month and a half ago. We just turned ours on for the first time on Sunday. Hey, our yard might look like hell, but at least we're conserving water! Right? Sigh.
What do we need to do to have a nice lawn? We can't spend forever and a day on it, either. That whole "two sets of twins" thing throws a wrench in our plans, every time. How often do you need to fertilize? And do you water before or after? Can we get away with only watering a few days a week? We are in a drought area, with mandatory water restrictions. I'm not sure how our neighbors are getting away with the irrigation they've got going on, unless the restrictions don't go into place until June or something.
Help?
Labels: landscaping, lawn
posted by Laura at
2:58 PM
2 Comments:
We cut it once a week and let nature do the rest! That's about it..
Our neighbor is like Joe landscaper dude, and cuts it twice a week, prunes, fertilizes...pffft...he'll get over it. It's his first house. It gets old fast!
May 15, 2007 6:06 AM
You should really only be watering once a week. You want your lawn to get about 1" of water a week, and if possible you want it to come all at once (so once a week for an hour is much preferable to twice a week for half hour each). If the lawn gets watered frequently, it will become accustomed to finding water near the surface, and will develop shallow roots. This is bad, because the ground near the surface is most susceptible to drought. You want your lawn to develop deep roots, and to find its water deep down. Long, less-frequent watering gets the water soaked down into the ground. Your lawn's roots will naturally follow. Water early in the morning, so that it has a chance to really soak in before the heat of the day. Don't water in the afternoon, because if it's wet overnight it can begin to mold.
May 20, 2007 5:30 AM
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