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When your lawn isn’t growing properly, it’s very important to treat it with the right kinds of lawn care products . While making sure that your dog doesn’t urinate on it and that the soil pH is balanced, you won’t get too far with all that if you don’t provide your lawn with healthy, organic products that can improve the quality of the soil over time, while also ensuring that your lawn is properly fed.   Compost piles and aged animal manure can help with all that, creating a rich and diverse source of nutrients that have varying ability to release essential nitrogen and other compounds, as they decompose. Make sure to avoid manure coming from animals that consume meat, and add compost piles that are known as a rich source of potassium and phosphorus. It’s a good idea to mix your compost with the topsoil to prevent it from drying out too quickly. Also, for best results, make sure that you get about a quarter to half an inch of compost when seeding or reseeding your lawn.   ...

Most people know that dog urine can lead to brown patches on the lawn . However, the truth is there are many other possible causes for brown spots, and sometimes you have to take into account all possibilities before you can find the real problem.   Excessive nitrogen is one of the most frequent culprits to consider. When you live in an area where there are a lot of pests running around – like rabbits and squirrels – chances are the rodents will end up on your lawn and urinate there from time to time. Dog urine from your own faithful pooch can also lead to brown patches and can severely affect your lawn’s overall health. The presence of insects and other pests can also impair your lawn’s health and cause it to develop brown spots over time, if the lawn is too weak and it’s not treated properly. Excessive moisture and heat can also be a problem. If the grass is exposed to too much sunlight and heat, it can become dry and lose its green color over time. Some sickly parts can eve...

When you’re dealing with a soil that is challenging and doesn’t support the growth of your lawn and garden, you should always consider doing a soil test and using improved fertilizer to get the ball rolling. A soil test will show you the pH and composition of the soil, so you’ll know for example, that if the soil is too acidic or has too much clay in it, then you need to adjust it to be more balanced. A soil that’s too alkaline, acidic, or lacks the necessary nutrients your plants and grass might need will require special treatment.   Organic fertilizer compounds like compost and mulch can help to add a rich nutrient source to your soil and prevent it from causing too many problems as you seed your lawn or garden. Aged animal manure can also help, along with crop rotation and the growth of cover crops, if applicable.     Organic liquid fertilizer is one of the best types of products to add to your soil so it can develop a friendlier demeanor towards anything you’d w...

Dog urine can make things very difficult when you’re trying to ensure your lawn grows healthy and uniform. Brown spots can appear on your lawn in the areas where your k9 companion did her business, and the grass can soon become sick and die.   If the dog urine hasn’t been there very long, you can typically treat grass for dog urine by spraying Revive products or water on it to neutralize the negative effects of the dog urine and wash it off. Doing that right away will ensure that the grass remains healthy even if it was briefly exposed to the excessive nitrogen contained in the urine.   Of course, this won’t work all the time. If the urine already penetrated the soil and it has been on the grass blades for quite a while, it will cause your grass to become sick and eventually die. The grass can recover as long as it’s healthy, watered properly and treated with the right type of organic fertilizer. Also, it’s a good idea to use natural methods to keep pests such as insects...

Treating your soil before you seed your lawn is very important if you want your grass to grow healthy and strong. A good pH balance is one of the main prerequisites, along with ensuring that the soil has ample nutrients to provide the tiny, growing roots of your new grass blades.   Come early April, it’s usually best to start doing pH tests and ensuring that the soil on your property can support the type of grass you’re looking to plant. It’s essential at this point to do some research on the grass itself, see how much you’ll have to water it, check the ideal soil composition and pH, and then get to work on preparing the soil.   If the pH indicates the soil to be too alkaline, you might have to add some leaf mold, sulfur or various types of mold or compost to reduce the pH level to 7 or below. If the soil is too acidic, you’ll need to consider adding some quicklime, hydrated lime, wood ashes or organic compost.   You’ll find organic lawn care to be essential for th...

Although it seems easy enough to seed a lawn and make it grow green and lush, you can ask any gardener and they will tell you that there’s a lot going into that process. It’s important to seed at the right time of the year, ensure that your lawn gets enough water depending on the weather and season, and of course give it plenty of nourishment by using a proper fertilizer. Sun exposure is also important, so it’s a good idea to not plant trees or bushes that would block the sun too much in the vicinity.     According to most experts, the best time to sow your lawn is either in the mid-spring or early autumn. That’s when the soil is warm enough, but not too warm to support the growth of new grass. In the spring, you’ll find the month of April to be ideal in most cases. If you’re considering seeding your lawn again in the autumn, September or early October should be the best time.   Getting your lawn to grow green is no easy feat. Watering has to be done properly, and y...

Buying drought tolerant grass for dealing with a more humid environment doesn’t normally make a lot of sense. However, if you seeded the wrong grass or if the local environment is one that tends to shift from humid to dry on occasion, then it’s important to make the most out of the grass you have.   Drought tolerant grass normally feels great in a dry environment. Its ability to retain water allows it to resist a greater range of temperatures without needing more than about 1-1.25 inches of water per week. Despite its robustness, however, drought tolerant grass will naturally find it more difficult to survive in areas where humidity levels are greater. Especially in warmer weather, overwatering is highly discouraged, since it can cause runoff problems or the growth of various fungi and lawn diseases that your drought tolerant grass will not be able to withstand too well due to the added humidity.   If the stressors are not too bad, then chances are that your drought toler...

The use of organic liquid fertilizer can be extremely helpful in ensuring that your lawn can grow in a natural way, unhindered by the adverse effects of chemicals. Whether you’re using liquid or solid, slow release organic fertilizer, the fact that it’s organic is what makes it truly special.   Depending on where you live and the type of grass you’re growing, it is essential to use the right type of fertilizer. Grass suited better to colder climate will likely require a slower release of nitrogen and essential nutrients in to the soil. On the other hand, when you’re dealing with warmer temperatures and an area that’s somewhat dry, then the release of the fertilizer has to be a little faster, so as to keep up with the slightly more dynamic environment.   Using organic fertilizer to grow a greener and richer lawn makes a lot of sense because of the amazing properties organic fertilizer has to naturally make the grass more robust and better able to fend off temperature and ...