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| Cut a Healthy Lawn Now that you're mowing the lawn about once a week it's important that you're also making sure it will be healthy for your weekly meeting. Here are a few tips to make sure it's in tip-top shape: Have your lawn mower blades sharpened before the mowing season begins (Did you?) and check them every month. Sharp blades make a clean cut, whereas dull blades make ragged cuts that don't heal well. Never mow wet grass. If it has just rained or it's still wet from morning dew, wait a few hours until the sun has dried up some of the moisture. Trim before you mow. Then when you mow the grass it will clean up the trimmings! As a guideline, cut off about 1/3 of the grass blades. If you keep your grass longer in the summer, wait until it grows about an inch before mowing. To establish a green lawn that's the envy of your neighbors, try using an iron supplement from your local True Value store. Cut the Mowing Habit Tired of mowing all summer long? This spring, try landscaping your lawn with beautiful wildflowers, flowering ground covers, shrubs, plants and lush herbs. This low-maintenance landscaping may be the answer to your lawn problems. First, find a problem area (or areas) of your lawn that could use a makeover and check with the experts at your local True Value for the types of plants that grow best in your area based on the light/shade ratio. To remove the existing grass, use a sod cutter that peels away strips of lawn. (If some of the grass is in good shape you can use it to sod another area.) Spread topsoil over the area and then spread enough seeds to grow a rich covering; or plant enough plants that will spread out over time and cover the entire area. Here a just a few plants to consider: Winter Creeper thrives in sun & partial shade and grows rapidly to make a great cover in finicky areas such as banks or hilly areas Mother-of-thyme is an herb that grows to a height of one to two inches high with purple flowers that have a sweet fragrance during the summer Wild seed mixtures offer great coverage and are very easy to maintain English Ivy can cover an area in no time and grows on trees or creeps onto the side of a house to provide a vibrant sweeping green covering. |




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