“I Have To Mow My Lawn”: Get Control of Your Lawn With Ease.
Are you always asking someone to “Mow My Lawn” because you can’t stand to look at it. …It’s time to get your lawn under control so that lawn mowing becomes a pleasure and relaxing. There are two main reasons for stressing over your home lawn and yard. Let’s take a look at each.
First, an out of control and unsightly home lawn is just one that you don’t care to work on. You may also ask yourself the question “where do I start?”. Good question!
Let’s start in the front of the house and work your way around. Start with the gardens. You can and should leave the garden planting alone for now so that you don’t get overwhelmed. That’s what causes the stress. Make a plan and stick to it. Do everything in chunks or area’s and just stay with it and get it done.
Back to the gardens, do a good edging job to define the garden from the lawn. Dig a 2-3 inch deep trench about 3-4 inches wide. This will make it much easier to cut to and then trim.
If you start this in the morning and just focus on the edging and don’t get caught up in everything else you’ll get it done. Maybe you can get it done that day, but if it takes the weekend at least it will be done and out of the way.With a well defined lawn you can now start on the weeds in the lawn. If you are doing this in the early spring or fall start by aerating you lawn. Then you can do some overseeding and top dressing to just bring your yard to life.
Next big stress getter is your equipment. Having good tools is essential and makes for a better day of yard work.
Start by giving your mower a tune up. Drain and refill the oil, put in a new spark plug. Take the blade off and sharpen it. You can sharpen your blade by either using a grinder or you can do it with a good old file and some elbow grease.
While the blade is off, clean the underside of the mower. Get all of the old grass scraped off and hose the whole thing off. Before putting the blade back on check to see if your mower is a mulching mower. If it is then make sure you have a mulching blade. If you don’t you can buy one at the local lawn and garden store. This makes the after mowing clean up much easier.
Now with a nice looking lawn and good tools your mind set should be a lot better. Use the lawn work as a release from the hard work week and enjoy the outdoors, before you know it your done and still have the day ahead of you.
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