| If you want to be sure that the | | | | sprinkler system for your lawn |
| landscape around your home is beautiful | | | | maintenance. |
| and in the best possible condition, then | | | | In most cases, it is best to water your |
| you will want to be sure that you | | | | grass just once a week, unless the |
| properly take care of the lawn garden | | | | weather is extremely hot or dry. When |
| portions of your landscape design. It is | | | | doing your weekly watering, you can |
| very important that correct maintenance | | | | place an empty tuna can on the grass and |
| of the lawn is carried out so that they | | | | let the water run until it is filled up. |
| not only stay attractive but also | | | | This will help you know when you have |
| healthy. In most cases, the lawns are | | | | watered enough to give the deep roots |
| the most expansive and first noticed | | | | enough moisture without over watering. |
| areas of the overall landscape. | | | | Watering in this way will also help your |
| Watering the lawn and garden is one of | | | | lawns develop a deep root system which |
| the most important parts of good grass | | | | will also help them survive periods of |
| maintenance. In some parts of the | | | | drought. |
| country, there is enough rainfall so | | | | Another aspect of lawn and garden |
| that the roots are properly supplied | | | | maintenance is proper fertilization and |
| with moisture. But even in what would be | | | | weed control. Good basic maintenance |
| considered soggy areas, such as the | | | | techniques will go a long way in keeping |
| Pacific Northwest, there are periods or | | | | the lawns of your home and garden |
| dry weather and no rain. When this | | | | healthy, thriving and with few weeds. |
| happens, it is vital to the survival of | | | | Spring is the best time to fertilize |
| the lawns that they be properly watered. | | | | lawns as this is when the grass is |
| The first sign of an impending drought | | | | "waking up" and will need the extra |
| condition of the lawn garden area of | | | | nutrients from the fertilizer to assure |
| your landscaping is a change in color. | | | | healthy growth. The best garden lawn |
| The grass in lawns that are suffering | | | | fertilizers will have a combination of |
| from insufficient moisture will start to | | | | nitrogen, phosphates and potash. |
| lose their intense greenness and will | | | | In addition to a "spring feeding" of |
| soon turn to a straw color, or even | | | | your lawn garden, you can also boost the |
| brown if the lack of moisture persists. | | | | health and vitality of the grass in your |
| The best time of day to water a lawn or | | | | lawns with a second round of |
| garden is during the coolest part of the | | | | fertilization during the summer. This |
| day. This means that turning on the | | | | will help assure that your grass is |
| grass sprinkler early in the morning or | | | | healthy enough to help push out the |
| in the evening after the sun has set is | | | | weeds that might try to take root and |
| best. Garden lawn experts also say that | | | | you can also use a fertilizer that |
| the rotary sprinklers provide the best | | | | combines a weed-killer to control these |
| coverage if you don't have a built in | | | | unwanted plants. |