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Managing Organic Lawns?

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Organic lawns basically refer to a garden and its management without using any chemical and artificial fertilizers. Fertilizers do enrich the soil with essential nutrients for once but after some time of its use, the soil becomes barren and loses its fertility. Various other alternatives that are used in order to enhance the yield and production in organic lawns is through the use of natural predators like nematodes that helps in preventing infestation in the lawn with ants and crane fly larvae. Such pests also assist in avoiding fungal infection and help in physical maintenance like raking and effective mowing. It is very helpful that your plants are protected against any kind of infection or damage arising from unwanted pests and bacteria. Most of the time such pests and bacteria are responsible for decreasing the quality of the yield produced in your garden. Some other natural tillers that are present to help us mix seeds into the soil are earthworms. They enhance the yield and also help in tilling the soil of your garden. These natural tillers are easy to get in the market and are very helpful in maintaining your garden and you don’t have to pay them.

Organic lawns are preferred more because of their capacity to add to the biodiversity. It is very easy to apply compost to your lawn using the wheelbarrow. You can also use a push broom to spread it across your lawn. Compositing is very helpful for your lawn as the soil is provided with essential nutrients and minerals that help in the increasing the yield and production of various flowers and plants. Preparing turf is also very easy. It is very helpful and healthy for the soil of your lawn. The turf must contain various bugs and beneficial microorganism that will not just enhance the quality but will protect various crops and plants from other microbes that cause disease into them.

The fungi and bacteria are the beneficial microorganisms that are found in good quantities in finished compost. There are two different ways in which you can get benefit from compost. It is full of beneficial bacteria, which makes soil mineral rich. In order to settle the compost you will have to prepare the ground of the garden one-day before and must apply it after the grass is established on it. And you must plan for a new lawn and must see that the topsoil is covered with at least 4 inches of compost in order to provide your garden with all the necessary vitamins, nutrients and minerals.

Organic lawns our preferred to those using fertilizers and pesticides because they are natural and you do not have to worry about handling chemicals and the damage that they cause to the health of the people around.




 

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Lawn Care Anonymous - New York Times


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New York Times
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Behind the scenes, township DPW provides basic services - Hometownlife.com


Behind the scenes, township DPW provides basic services
Hometownlife.com
... regularly from April until the leaves fall. (Lawn care on township properties is done by parks workers.) The workers, who begin their days at 7:30 am with a “tailgate meeting” to get their assignments for the day, are all cross-trained, Karll said.

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Wheaton business teaches organic lawn care - Chicago Daily Herald


Wheaton business teaches organic lawn care
Chicago Daily Herald
“Dandelion is actually an indicator to tell you your lawn is lacking in calcium,” he said. King gained his knowledge of dandelions and their benefits from Bill Scheffler, owner of Pure Prairie Organics, an organic lawn care company.

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Take your game outside - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Take your game outside
Chicago Tribune
Tukey, who lives in North Kingstown, RI, has wondered if old-fashioned lawn games could fall casualty to this uber-computerized age — biting the dust like pay phones, film cameras and, for the younger set, emails (they text instead).

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