Lawn Care Rule Number One – Start With Quality Products

This may sound too simplistic but the best way to get a great lawn is by starting out using good quality products. When first sowing your lawn seed, don’t buy the cheapest brand of grass seed on offer. Look carefully at each of the products and find one that is well suited to your region. There are many suppliers that package an ‘all purpose’ grass then sell it nationally. Because they can mass produce it, they can sell it at much lower prices. The reality is, there is no ‘all purpose’ grass that will suit the entire nation – each region has its own conditions and grasses need to be selected for those regions.

Grass seed is just the start. When fertilizing, again, you need a good quality fertilizer that is right for your grass type. General purpose fertilizers often have the wrong proportion of nutrients for some grasses and are generally not suitable for year round use. Fall fertilizers generally should have less nitrogen, for example, than spring fertilizers. Again, different grasses have different needs at different times of the year.

If you start by using the right grass type for your region and use the right fertilizer for your grass type then you should be able to develop a thick healthy green lawn. That doesn’t mean you won’t get problems in your lawn – you will, however, those problems will be fewer, less severe and more easily repaired because you have started from a good base. A good quality lawn repair tool, watering system and lawn mower round out the basic requirements for any lawn.

If you think quality means greater cost, think again. While a bag of quality grass seed may cost a dollar or two more now, the fact that you don’t have to buy more grass seed every six months is actually a saving – not a cost. Likewise, a quality lawn repair tool and quality lawn mower will, over time, cost far less than if you purchase lower quality tools.

When it comes to gardening, especially lawn care, using good quality products means that over time you will have less to do in the way of maintenance and repairs and your finished lawns and gardens will look a million dollars – and be the envy of neighboring gardeners.