Lawn care through the seasons

Spring

Spring is the time when your garden begins to wakeup and start to grow again after the winter of relative inactivity. As the weather gets warmer and the garden is still damp the plants will start to grow quickly and your lawn is no exception. This makes the spring a very important time for you and your lawn. Now is the time to encourage the growth and to restrict the growth of the weeds.

The sowing of seeds and laying of turf is best done in the spring. Remember when doing this it is important to let the new get established before mowing. However, when not sowing or laying turf mowing your lawn often will help encourage growth and will result in a dense and even texture to your lawn.

It is also the time to apply fertilisers and weed killers. When you do this, ensure to apply evenly across the lawn with the correct garden tools. Failure to do this could result in patchy areas in the lawn.

Remember to gradually lower the height of your lawn mowers cut as the spring wares on.

Summer

During the summer continue to mow your lawn often, perhaps up to twice a week. You will now have dropped the height of your lawn mower to the lowest setting of your chosen range. However, do remember if you experience very dry weather it will be necessary to increase the height of your lawn mowers cut so that the lawn retains some moisture within the lawn.

It is also now the time you should scarify your lawn. Again using the correct gardening tools lightly scarify your lawn to help get ride of the moss and debris within the lawn. You should not scarify in very dry conditions.

It is also a good idea to aerate your lawn in very dry conditions and water to aid the water getting to the grass roots. The best time to water the garden is either in the early morning or early evening when the daytime temperatures have fallen.

Autumn

As autumn arrives new lawns should still be cut but not to a very low level. For established lawns you should now start to reduce the frequency of your lawn mowing. However, you should keep scarifying and aerating the lawn to aid the health of any damaged areas.

As the leafs fall from the trees it is a good idea to remove them from the lawn. This job can seem never ending in a large garden, however, nowadays there are some very effective and reasonably priced gardening tools that can make this job very easy. Leaf blowers really do make this job very easy.

Remember to try and keep off the lawn when it becomes waterlogged and frosty as the autumn continues to avoid damaging your lawn and the hard work you have done.