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5 Basic Lawn Care Tips

6/8/2017

 

Get the Best Lawn in Boise with the following tips

Boise Lawn Care with mowed and edged grass on a great residential property.
A lush green and smooth carpet of grass, with beautiful plants, is something that every home owner dreams to have. Many people really work hard on their lawns but still are not able to get the desired results. Actually, it’s an art. You should be careful while maintaining your lawn, otherwise you can ruin it unintentionally.

A famous landscape designer, Gary Alan, says, “You know how in golf they say ‘Be the ball’? Well, you’ve got to be the grass.” It means that you should know what the grass in your lawn needs. Here we are sharing 5 tips that will help you in taking good care of your lawn.

Below are some great tips to help you with your lawn and landscape. For an easy going no hassle Boise lawn care estimate, call us today!      
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1. Type of Grass you have in your Lawn:

There are many different types of grasses. Some grow short, whereas, others grow tall. Some require full sun, some can tolerate light shade. Some cannot survive with foot traffic, while others can survive in drought. On the bases of the weather the grass can survive in, there are two type of grass:
  • Warm-season grasses – this type of grass grow at its best during summer, and go dormant in the winter season.
  • Cool-season grasses – this type of grass has two spurts; a moderate one that grows well in spring, and a big one, which grows better in fall. Usually, this type of grass go dormant in summers.
To take good care of lawn, it is important to know the type of grass you have in your lawn.

2. Weeds and How to Get Rid of Them:  
            

Weeds are unwanted plants that grow on soil and eventually spoil its fertility. Almost every lawn has some number of weeds on it. Although, they are small, sometimes they are hard to get rid of. The lush green grounds of championship golf courses are an example of weed free lawns.
Some of the common weeds are:
  • Dandelion
  • Yellow woodsorrel
  • Yellow nutsedge
  • Spotted spurge
  • Quackgrass
  • Ground ivy
  • Crabgrass
Some common ways to get rid of weeds are:
  • Right amount of herbicides
  • Right amount of fertilizer
  • Right amount of water
  • Mow your lawn higher
  • Hand weeding

3. Use Organic Fertilizer:

Instead of buying expensive and synthetic fertilizers, try some organic, natural, and homemade fertilizers to nurture your lawn. Organic fertilizers are a healthier option as compared to synthetic ones, as they may have many bad effects on pets, and people, especially kids.
Now days, many organic and ‘Go Green’ fertilizers are easily available online and offline. If you are interested inn homemade fertilizer, you can ask for recipe from professional gardeners or elderly people who do gardening. There are many websites as well, where you can find authentic recipes for such fertilizers.

4. Soil Aeration:

If you want to grow healthy plants, without using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, your soil should be healthy. For a living and healthy soil, the soil organisms have to eat, drink, breathe, digest, and excrete well. To perform all these functions efficiently, they need air and thus, there should be enough air pockets in soil, i.e., soil should be good aerated. 
Your soil can become compacted, due to excessive:
  • Foot traffic
  • Use of fertilizers
  • Mowing
At this point, soil needs your help to get enough water and air. With the help of a particular tool, you can cut the sol edges and leave holes for water, air, and fertilizer, making your soil healthy again.

5. Be Gentle with Pests:
Many insecticides and pesticides companies advertise their product as each and every pest is dangerous for your lawn. On the contrary, this is not true. Most of the pests are useful, and only few cause real damage. Avoid using any such product that claim to kill all pests, as most of these products are not only harmful for your lawn, but also for yourself, your kids, your pets, and above all your planet.

Shrub and Tree Care Tips

6/5/2017

 

Set your yard apart!

Nothing adds contour, punctuation and definition to a lawn like trees and shrubs. They can really make a statement! But, how do you know that you're doing everything you can to keep them in good shape year-round? In this article, we'll look at some of the widely-accepted yard practices that may actually be doing your greenery more harm than good as well as tips for keeping trees and shrubs growing healthy and consistently.  
 
When it comes to pruning it's easy to understand why shaving off some time might be appealing at first. It can be tedious and requires a lot of precision and safety – especially for pruning at higher elevations. Electric shears might seem like they're the best, most efficient tool for the job. But, the damaging effects they have on foliage can mean more work in the long run. 

​Electric shears cut on one plane and
directly through leaves and stems. This can create an environment where shrubs will push their limbs further and further out in search of sunlight. While it might make a great sculpting tool if you're trying to carve out egg shapes or circus animals but if you peer inside, you will find a bunch of browning and dying limbs starving for oxygen. Instead, grab a pair of bypass hand pruners and a pole pruner for taller jobs. With these you can make more strategic cuts, allowing sunlight to get all the way through the plant instead of just hitting the outer facade of leaves. This will also help facilitate healthy regrowth of the plant and offer a more 3-D effect overall!
 

When it comes to taking care of the trees in your yard, one of the essential things to keep in mind is how to keep the limbs growing in a healthy manner. Pests, weather and other elements can damage individual branches. Cutting the branch off will facilitate new growth, but it must be done well. A great technique to research is the three-cut method. The three-cut method will help you to trim dead branches without stripping or splitting the bark past your cut mark.

For the best lawn mowing in Boise look no further than Boise Lawn Experts and our experienced technicians. 

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