Top dressing is one of the best lawn care practices you can carry out to improve the condition of your turf. A layer of top dressing can provide your lawn with the benefits of many other practices – you could think of it like aerating, dethatching, fertilizing, and leveling your lawn all in one go. …
Shopping for lawn fertilizers can be a bewildering process – there are endless formulations of fertilizers, all designed to deliver differing quantities of nutrients in different formats. These formulations are represented as a ratio on the packaging of each product. It’s crucial to pick the right lawn fertilizer ratio for your lawn to ensure you’re…
In addition to a number of other important substances, iron is a crucial nutrient that your lawn needs to thrive. Without enough iron, your lawn will turn pale and unhealthy, and is less resistant against stress from pests and disease. In general, the best time to apply iron to a lawn is in the spring….
Potassium is one of the most important nutrients that plants and grass need in order to thrive. Being involved in many key functions to do with plants’ respiration and phtosythensis, plants will starve if they don’t get enough of this essential nutrient. There are a few different amendments you can utilize to add potassium to…
Along with nitrogen and potassium, phosphorus is one of the most important nutrients needed by all plants to grow. It provides several essential functions in plants, being involved in their processes of respiration and photosynthesis. Without enough phosphorus, your plants will suffer from stunted growth, poor root systems, and discolored foliage. There is a range…
Mushroom compost is of the many types of organic composts you can use in your garden to improve the health of your plants. Being a secondhand product from the production of mushrooms, it is a great eco-friendly option that can provide a range of benefits for your soil and plants if used correctly. What is…
Compost tea is simply the liquid format of solid compost. It provides all of the benefits of solid compost, in an easy-to-use, versatile liquid format. You can use compost tea as either a foliar spray or soil drench to improve the overall health of the turf and surrounding plants. Although you’ll find many varying methods…
Compost bins create the ideal environment for the natural processes involved in composting to take place. In addition to keeping the bin topped up with organic matter, turning the compost is all you need to do to assist the busy microbes in their decomposition process. Compost tumblers are a type of bin that make this…
Mulching is the easiest way to improve the condition of your lawn or garden beds, bringing a number of benefits to the grass or plants growing in them. By mulching the soil, you can improve its water retention, suppress weed growth, and enrich it with nutrients and organic matter. The basic steps of mulching a…
When composting, the goal is to create a fertile, nutrient-rich matter that you can add to your lawn or garden to enhance the health of your plants. All you need to achieve this from your composting activities is to have a well-built, well-maintained compost bin. And, regardless of your available outdoor space and budget, it’s…
