Lawn Mowing

Here is a great way to save money, time and to protect the environment. There is no need to put fertilizer or pesticides on your lawn if you mow with a mulching blade/attachment on your mower. Its purpose is to cut the grass into smaller pieces so that it falls between the standing blades of grass and protects the soil/roots from the sun and naturally decomposes to fertilize the grass all over again.

In this day and age, when people see a lawn without dandelions, they know you've been using pesticides, and they will look down on you because it poisons the environment (this is true where I live). So embrace your dandelions during these early weeks of spring (they are so pretty), and just keep mowing them down once a week. The blossoms and seeds will go away soon.

Change the mower's direction each week -- go horizontally one week, vertically the next week, and if you can, diagonally the following week. And cut your grass at the highest level on your mower (at least 3 inches high) to protect the soil/roots from burning in the sun.

The less you water your lawn, the more the roots will grow deeper into the soil and will create a stronger grass root. If your climate/property does not grow good grass, then consider a non-grass "lawn." I will post on that another time. There are so many great alternatives to traditional grass.