Organic Lawn Care

You can achieve organic lawn care simply by using some common organic lawn care products that you can buy from many garden supply stores or catalogs. The main purpose that people are seeking when they talk of organic lawn care, is the ability to create a lawn that is healthy without using chemicals that are harmful to humans and animals. This is a really great option because unlike with chemical fertilizers and pesticides you have to stay off your lawn for 24 hours, but with organic fertilizers this is not so. So it only makes sense that you would want to use organic earth friendly products.

Using Nature to Its Fullest

Part of organic lawn care, which is free, is to try to make use of animals and insects that are already around your yard to try to keep your lawn healthy. If you have a lawn that is surrounded by trees and bushes, then you're more likely to have birds which will nest in the bushes and eat the harmful insects. If you put more bushes and trees around your lawn it can attract more wildlife which can help to keep down the insect population.

You can also add insects are helpful in that they will eliminate the harmful ones. If you search in organic lawn care stores you can often find ladybugs and green lacewings which are very helpful. You can also buy nematodes, which are a microscopic worm that will heat grub larva so they don't grow into grubs which damage the roots of your grass. You can find these in your garden supply stores and catalogs as well.

If you're going to take care of your lawn organically the need to know how to cut your grass as well. Many people think that you should keep your grass at 2 inch level but the truth is you should only cut at the short once in the spring and the last cut of the year in the fall. By cutting it short these two times in the year help to reduce the chance of fungus that can damage your grass by cutting off the tops where it would grow. The rest of the year you should try keeping your grass a little longer, probably to around 3 to 3 1/2 inches. The reason for this is that longer grass has a stronger root system and will help to shade out weeds that require a greater amount of sunlight to sprout.

Another thing you need to know about cutting your lawn is that the blades should always be sharp. You should always try to make sure that your grass is cut as cleanly as possible. If you make ragged cuts it can allow fungi and harmful diseases to form an harm your lawn. You also never want to cut the lawn when it's wet, as this will increase your chances of making a jagged cut. So always make sure that you mow your lawn when it is dry.