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20.08.2023 - 11:21 / growingfamily.co.uk / Catherine
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If your outdoor space has a lawn, you’re probably keen to keep it looking as good as possible.
A well-maintained lawn can really improve the look of your garden, not to mention provide a welcoming habitat for wildlife and a place for the family to relax.
Here are the top five lawn maintenance tips every homeowner should know.
Soil is the main factor determining the health of your lawn. Failing to provide the soil with the best nutrition means your lawn will struggle to thrive.
Your lawn needs to develop healthy root systems. It helps to work from the ground up, ensuring your soil can support living organisms like earthworms and beneficial fungi. Most homeowners don’t understand their soil properties, including the pH, but you can easily buy a test kit to determine the quality of your soil.
Digging up a small patch of your lawn can also give you an idea of your soil condition.
Regular application of fertiliser designed specifically for lawns is an easy way to keep your grass in top condition.
There are different types of grasses for different landscaping purposes. By choosing a type of grass that is well-suited to your soil and local environment, you can cut down on lawn maintenance and give your lawn the best chance of thriving.
If you can’t maintain a real grass lawn, one simple way to transform your space is to install artificial grass. Professional installers can offer you a range of beautiful realistic grass varieties to meet your needs. Pets are happy on artificial lawns, and you will never have to worry about dirty floors. Perfect artificial turf is mess-free, evergreen, and easy to maintain.
Thatching involves removing debris like dead leaves, decaying grass, and other materials from your lawn. This
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If you’d like some garden inspiration, there are lots of gardening quotes and sayings to give you a boost.
If you’ve never heard of a bulb lasagne you’re probably raising your eyebrows right now. It is a real gardening ‘thing’ though!
What would us gardeners do without dahlias? If your garden needs more colour in summer: plant some dahlias. If it needs more colour in autumn: plant some dahlias. If it needs some tall plants to make the back of the garden more colourful: plant some dahlias. If you’re looking for some easy cut flowers to grow that come back year after year: plant some dahlias. If there’s a colour missing in your garden (except blue!): there’s a dahlia for it.
Green is officially the new black, and pistachio green is the latest fresh shade to win over the internet (and our hearts). This playful hue fits right in with the increasing popularity of other pastel shades in home decor including lavender, light pink, light yellow, and more.
If there’s anything better than fall decorating, we’ve yet to find it. While there are technically 27 days (maybe less by the time you read this) left until the official start of the season, we say it’s never too early to be prepared.
Switching up your decor for the seasons is always fun. But this isn’t always practical because not only can it be expensive, but it can also soon become a storage problem. One of the quickest and budget-friendliest way to introduce seasonal decor is with garlands. You can have one, two or even ten for each season and each holiday without much spend or space needed.
If you’re looking for easy seeds to grow with children, it’s hard to beat growing sunflowers in pots. If you’re not gardening with children, sunflowers are still fantastic plants to grow, and they make wonderful cut sunflowers too.
Header image: Nematodes play an important role in all biological systems. Shutterstock
The weather is warm and sunny again, and I’m wilting (slightly) faster than the plants. It’s at times like this that I’m grateful for designing the garden with raised beds – they’re nice and deep and hold plenty of moisture, and the plants in them can last days between watering, even in the hottest weather.
Header image: Ella and Nicki at the Mars Desert Research Station. Provided by the author.