A Healthy Lawn Soil Fertilizer Sprinklers and Drainage

The main item to a healthy looking home is your lush lawn. Just like trees and shrubs which need to be planted with the thought and care of knowing they will be around for years and even generations to come, turf need to be managed with the same care and thought. The landscaped and lush lawns of many older estates were designed and planted at the same point in time as the house was built, and continues to do well and thrive to this day.

With the ease of buying chemically balanced grass seed, strong effective chemicals to control stubborn weeds and poor soil, along with handy devices that can be used to maintain our lawns, there’s really no excuse not to have a great looking lawn that rivals that of your local park, or even outdoes it.

This is not to say that getting a great lawn is easy, just that it’s entirely possible with the right effort, and not something that is reserved for only the rich who can afford to have professional gardeners maintain their landscaping duties. Firstly you need to have your soil analyzed, and may need to make changes to its composition along with a well designed sprinkler system.

Unless you’re going for the unique look of a rock garden or some other similar design in your front yard, you should make sure to keep your lawn as the centerpiece, by which everything else contrasts. Keep it a good two to three times the size of your collective flowerbeds. Everything is good in moderation, and having too many flowers can spoil the effect. Make the lawn your canvas and centerpiece, with the other pieces as accents.

Those accents will certainly include flowers, and your setup should be one that incorporates flowers of different seasons into the mix, to keep your accents sparkling throughout the year. Having too many flowers in the summer and not enough in the fall is a recipe for disaster. Keep a good mix of perennials which bloom in different seasons. You can also plan around the expected gaps in your garden during each season by planting quick growing annuals in the vacant spots as long as the spots are not from landsape drainage issues

It’s a good idea to keep all of this marked down on paper. Draw out diagrams that show the general size of your beds and lots, and the positioning of your plants in them. Through doing this you can accurately map out your garden for each season, knowing exactly where the spots will be that need filling and for how long. You’ll also need to consider where the patch is located as well, and the amount of sunlight and shade it gets to determine which plants will do well in those spots. It’s all about careful planning.

In the case of beds that travel alongside paths, you want an additional background plants that help accent the smaller plants and flowers better. Remember the front yard landscape is different than the back yard landscaping. Hedges or larger plants which may require stakes are good fits for this duty. This technique can be used for a wide border as well. It’s also nice to have your borders and beds viewable from your windows where possible, so try to plan for this as well to get the most enjoyment out of your effort, both when you’re outdoors and indoors.