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If you want your lawn to look neat and attractive, you'll need to pick up some trimming and edging skills. Mowing is great for making sure your grass is of an appropriate length, but to really keep your corners and edges neat, you should learn how to edge efficiently. Check out this short video for some great tips when it comes to edging a sidewalk.
Before you start, make sure you have both ear and eye protection. That way, you can concentrate on creating a great, clear line at your lawn's edge without worrying about flying debris. Create a nice, strong line by taking your time and keeping your edger steady as you trim the grass as it meets your sidewalk.
A well-edged lawn will make your garden look cleaner and more attractive, so it's well worth taking the time to make sure you get it right. Create a defined line and stop your lawn from looking straggly or uncared for.
Another great way to create a gorgeous lawn when you're struggling with unruly, unattractive grass is to have new turf laid. If you order turf from Green Acres Instant Lawns a team of professionals will install your new lawn for you, making sure your new turf is perfectly laid right up to the edges of your sidewalk.
Call (03) 9999 5708 to find out more about this family owned business servicing a wide range of home gardeners and professional landscapers in and around Melbourne.
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One of the best ways to help your lawn stay healthy is to provide it with the nutrients it needs and fertiliser is the perfect way to do this. However, your fertilising process should be informed by the time of year it is, as your lawn's needs change according to the seasons.
Fertilising in Autumn
This tends to be the peak season for the majority of grasses and this makes it the most important time on your fertilisation calendar. Apply fertilisers rich in nutrients throughout autumn and make sure you choose a slow release brand to apply right before winter.
Fertilising in Winter
During the winter months, you can scale back your fertilising programme. Many lawns can be left with simply the nutrients applied during autumn, but if your grass is low in iron you may want to consider using an iron-heavy brand specifically designed for the winter months. A yellow lawn is one sign of low iron levels.
Fertilising in Spring
As the winter chill begins to recede, your lawn will wake up hungry and ready to start absorbing nutrients to help it grow. However, if you feed your lawn too early you may overload the grass, so don't start applying fertiliser until mid to late spring – especially if you applied a slow release fertiliser the previous autumn.
Fertilising in Summer
Keep your grass strong and vibrant throughout summer with a steady but modest supply of fertiliser. Use a brand that also works to control insects but remember that your grass may be overwhelmed by heat and be more in need of water than large amounts of fertiliser.
However, the type of fertilisers you use will depend on the type of turf you have. To find out which grass type is best for you, call Green Acres Instant Lawns on (03) 9999 5708.
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The Whittlesea Primary School received their new Kikuyu Instant Lawn last weekend as their prize for the School Garden Awards. Thank you to everybody that helped out on the day. I am sure the Kids will enjoy playing on this area.
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Whenever you mow your lawn, naturally, there are lawn clippings. However, many people aren’t sure what to do with them. In fact, many just bundle them up and throw them away.
While it’s obviously your own choice this is a little bit of a waste - if you hang on to them, lawn clippings actually have a variety of uses.
For instance, if you just leave them on your lawn they’ll do your grass a power of good. Okay, it might look a little unsightly, but it’ll provide your lawn with essential nutrients.
If you can’t bear the thought of doing that, then they can be used within compost, which can improve the health of your soil. Simply bag the clippings up and mix with twice as much brown matter (for instance leaves, twigs and wood chips) to create a compost. Let the clippings dry out slightly before you do this though, to achieve maximum success. Food waste, such as vegetable peeling, also helps create good compost.
As a further alternative, you can actually prevent the likes of weeds sprouting by using the clippings as mulch material around plants, trees and shrubs in your garden. Lawn clippings decompose quickly, meaning you can quickly mix them into the soil to create an ideal organic mulch.
For any further lawn advice, get in touch with Green Acres Instant Lawns on (03) 9999 5708, or visit their website. They’re one of Melbourne’s leading suppliers of drought tolerant grass, and having been operating since 1999 they’re vastly experienced. Give them a shout today and see how they can help make your lawn dreams a reality.
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Do you ever find yourself gazing at the playing surfaces enjoyed by some of the world’s biggest sports teams, and wishing you could find a way to make your own lawn look the same?
Well, you’re in luck, because the above video from the WSJDigitalNetwork takes you right on to the field at Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, to learn how groundsmen make the “striping” marks you’ll be used to seeing on screen.
If you’ve immediately written the process off as something that you’ll only be able to achieve with professional equipment then think again – within the video you’ll see how it can be done with fairly ordinary lawn equipment.
In fact, it’s really just a case of mowing towards, and away from you, to create a different shade. You simply mow away from you to create a light stripe, while you mow towards you to create a dark stripe.
It’s certainly an interesting video, and one that should answer most of your queries if you’ve ever scratched your head over how ground pros achieve the effect.
As an added bonus, you’ll get to see some of the special designs Red Sox groundsman David Mellor has achieved over the years.
Green Acres Instant Lawns is one of the top turf suppliers in Melbourne, and they’ve been growing quality turf and lawns since 1999. If you’ve got any further queries involving striping, or turf in general following this video, give them a call on (03) 9999 5708.
