It is easy for anyone to enhance the look of their lawn. Lawn chemicals are easily available anywhere to treat lawn pests and ensure green lawns, but have you considered the risks these products present to you, your family, pets, and the environment. Waste material from chemical lawn treatments are absorbed into underground streams, or run-off into nearby streams and water sources polluting the drinking water. Chemical lawn materials may also harm various components of your local ecosystem causing irreversible problems. You can avoid these problems associated with chemical lawn care by switching to organic lawn care.

Soil varies from place to place and it is important to know the acidity or alkalinity of your soil in order to treat it effectively. Acidity and alkalinity are measured by pH. You can test your soil to find out the pH level. Then you will know whether it is more heavily alkaline (pH above 7.0) or acidic (pH below 6.5). Knowing this information will help you choose the right organic treatment for your soil.

The biggest problem with organic fertilizer is offensive smell. Many people are so turned off by the smell of organic fertilizer that they refuse to use it. You need to know that organic fertilizers can now be bought in granular form. Granular organic fertilizer is made of treated sewage. It complies with all safety regulations and provides your soil with much needed nutrients. The best thing is that this organic fertilizer is odorless, providing lawn treatment without harmful side effects.

There are a number of good organic fertilizers from which to choose. One of the best is Coconut Fiber. It is great for use with plants in acidic soil, with a pH of 5.5 – 6.3. Coconut Fiber, like other organic fertilizers should be easy to find in your local gardening store. Another good organic fertilizer is earthworm fertilizer. Earthworms themselves can be used to enrich the soil, as well. Use only small layers of fertilizer for in order to grow healthy, green plants and lawn.

The use of organic pesticides is much better for your lawn and the environment than chemical pesticides. Organic pesticides include diatomic earth, specialized lawn care sand, oatmeal, vinegar, and cinnamon. These can be used to help control pests without harming the environment.

Switching to organic lawn and garden care will benefit your health and the environment. It will also return you to the methods of gardening used by your grandparents that produced such great results just a few years ago. They produced beautiful lawns and gardens without the use of chemical treatments and pesticides.

Now that the warmer months are here everyone is starting to water their lawns more and more to keep them from turning brown. I do it as well! But unfortunately there are a lot of people that waste too much water. Let’s go over a few things you can do to stop wasting water and still keep your lawn green.

#1 – Fix Broken Sprinkler Heads

If you have any lawn sprinklers that are broken and just shooting water straight up into the air you should get them fixed as soon as possible. This is a great way to stop from wasting a lot of extra water. Sprinkler heads are pretty cheap, so get it fixed quickly!

#2 – Water Your Lawn in the Morning

The most optimal time to water your lawn is in the morning. Watering in the afternoon is no good because you’ll just lose a lot of water to evaporation. If you water in the evening you’ll have fungus problems because your lawn will stay wet too long. So shoot for between the hours of 5 and 10 am.

#3 – Infrequent Watering

If you water your lawn every day you’re going to have a lawn with a very shallow root system. It’s best to water your lawn infrequently and even send it into drought mode from time to time so that the grass will develop a deeper, stronger root system.

#4 – Let Rain Do Its Thing

Nature has its own lawn sprinkler system: rain. So if it’s raining you don’t need to water your lawn! Let nature do its thing and turn your sprinkler system off when it rains. Consider that your watering for the week.

The summer months are great for a lot of things, and one of them is nice green lawns. But thankfully you can have a great looking lawn without over watering or in other ways wasting water. I hope these tips help you to have a great looking lawn for less!