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Just about everyone is familiar with the term “curb appeal” as it relates to someone’s first impression of a house. It only takes people a second to judge the home from the outside based on what they see when they first arrive. One of the simplest ways to assure that your home is blessed with god curb appeal is to take steps to see to it that the lawn is as beautiful and inviting as possible.
While that can sound easy enough, sometimes getting the back and front lawn to look beautiful, immaculate and attractive can be a daunting task, especially if there have been some problems with the health of your lawn recently. Below is a collection of lawn care tips and suggestions that can help you cultivate a lawn that draws people to your home, welcomes them, and gives your curb appeal a real boost.
Tip One: Find out the condition of the lawn soil. You can get the soil tested through the agricultural extension agencies in your area. This test will identify what is lacking in the soil so you know what it needs to make your lawns flourish.
Tip Two: Have a regular lawn maintenance routine that includes fertilizing three to five times every year. Make sure this is done on a regular schedule and is the right kind of food for the grass in your garden lawn. The extension agency can also help you with information in this regard as it relates to your local area.
Tip Three: When undertaking lawn mowing during the heat of the summer, cut it at the maximum height your lawn mower allows. This helps keep the grass from drying out as fast and even provides shade to the ground which helps prevent the loss of moisture. This will help conserve water and it will also help the lawns to crowd the weeds out. During the cooler and wetter times of the year you can set the lawn mower to cut lower according to your preferences.
Tip Four: Water about one to one-and-a-half inches once a week. When you water briefly every day, you are encouraging your lawn to develop a shallow root system. Watering only once a week helps develop nice deep roots which can better withstand hot, dry summer weather.
Tip Five: Aerate at least once or twice every year. This also helps promote lawns with deep root systems and helps the water and lawn food to get past the surface and down to the roots where it does the most good. Aerating also helps undo the effects of soil compacting, which is a particular problem if you use a riding lawn mower to help with your lawn maintenance.
Tip Six: Keep the blades of the mower good and sharp. Dull blades actually rip the ends of the grass blades and cause a ragged look and contribute to browning at the ends. Also, you should do your lawn mowing in different directions each time you mow. This helps avoid ruts and soil compaction problems.
Tip Seven: Watch for signs of dead areas. Such dead patches can be an indication of an insect problem or disease that is attacking your home and garden lawns. When you see this, you should not treat the problem until you know the cause. Your local extension agency will be a great help in this case also.
Tip Eight: Control weeds with the use of quality herbicides. You can do this separately or look for a fertilizer that also contains weed control components.
These tips should provide you with enough information to be able to improve the look of the lawn that graces your home and garden. Keeping your lawn in good shape will most definitely help the curb appeal of your home and will help you get more use and enjoyment from it as well.
No building is complete without some grass, a few plants and some shrubbery to help enhance the quality of the building. The added value of curb appeal can make the difference when selling a house or increasing the value of a home. Any small amounts help and you don’t have to always use a professional to complete the landscaping for you. There is no downside to get some advice from professionals or some knowledge prior to you beginning tearing up your front yard. A few trees, some nice green grass and you will have it down pat before you know it. Who knows? Possibly you will consider it as a line of work that you might be curious in following. Below there are some basic frequently asked questions of landscaping so that you can get some idea of how landscaping is completed and how it might be simpler than you may think.
At what point should I hire a landscaper?
You should hire a landscaper if you don’t have a “green thumb” and you are not going to have the necessary time to commit to getting rid of the prior landscape and planting the new. There are specific steps that must be put into place to stop soil erosion so it will require at a minimum a weekend of challenging work. Landscaper’s are not low cost but you can find one at a reasonable cost contingent upon on how extensive the area is and how much labor you mean to complete yourself. If you are going to maintain the area, you will spend less money as well.
What qualifications should I search for in a good landscaper?
A good landscaper will have numerous photographs of all the various landscape that he or she has completed. They will have a background that has an training in landscape architecture or have plenty of actual experience in landscaping. If you wish to see an actual landscape that they have created as well as planted, the landscaper shouldn’t balk at demonstrating for you or furnishing for you with the particulars to contact the owner of the property. It is in their best interest to have happy and pleased clients.
Whats the best way to decide on the kind of plant to use?
The kind of plant you select will be contingent upon on your environmental condition and the amount of water you want to use. It will also depend on how much sun that your receives throughout the day. Some plants thrive in the shade while others will wilt. For those people who reside in drought prone areas, they should consider planting hardy plants that need little water and actually help conserve the soil from eroding. Numerous people elect to have rock gardens as well as cactus if they live in desert environments.
At what time is the ideal season for planting?
The ideal planting season is dependent upon what kind of plant you want to grow. The best time to plany bulbs is in the fall so that they have time to root. Other plants are more suitable to planting in the months of the spring. There are some plants will not produce flowers or fruits for one or two seasons later so you have to prepare for this. Trees will need to go through several years prior to them becoming large enough to provide adequate shade or to create fruit.
How much will it cost to landscape my home?
It would be virtually impossible to get an accurate estimate without knowing how big your yard is, what the overall condition of the soil is and finally what kind of plants that you are looking to plant in your yard. You can take a general guess that it will be at at a minimum of around five hundred dollars and can easily run upwards of several thousand dollars for exotic plants and features which are complex. You can get an estimate for the overall price from the landscaper.
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