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Don't you just enjoy the spring? It's throughout spring that every thing comes to life. I mainly love clipping my grass for the first time right after a long winter. Undoubtedly gardening is a so much fun for me since everybody tells me I have the very best looking lawn in the neighborhood. Allow me to share with you several pointers on how I managed to achieve this honor.

When I began to fall in love with my lawn it was about 25 years ago and I gathered a lot of good tips from Jerry Baker's "On The Garden Line" radio program. So I need to give credit to him for some of these suggestions.

First off, I am almost a 100 % organic gardener. Every now and then something comes along that I feel needs a chemical in a bottle. However 99 % of the times, everything I place on my yard, flowers and shrubs is natural and organic.

Each week I feed my lawn with solution that I make myself. Into a normal hose-end sprayer I put a 12 oz can of beer, a 12 oz cup of apple juice, a cup of amber antiseptic mouthwash, one cupful of ammonia and a cup of liquid dish detergent. The soap is added to lessen tension and tidy up the lawn of various contaminants. The beer cuts down thatch by forming an enzyme action. The apple juice feeds your lawn with healthy sugar while the amber antiseptic mouthwash combats diseases. The ammonia makes your lawn greener.

If you accomplish this every week your grass will look fantastic. At the time of extremely hot spells, you need to water your grass very early in the morning. Between the weekly administrations of the grass potion, fill your hose-end sprayer with a cup of dish soap and spray your lawn.

The fact is, when your grass is thick and healthy weeds will have a difficult time making an appearance. You should also use the magic potion on all of your flowers and shrubs. But before you do that, be certain you have healthy, rich soil in your flower beds. Here is what I did to prepare the soil in my beds.

I leased a tiller and tilled all the flower beds. I then incorporated a couple of inches of compost and a couple inches of sphagnum peat moss plus a few hands full of sand every foot or so. I then tilled all this together, downward as deep-seated as I possibly can. When I was done, I was able to get in deep down onto the soil. As I lifted up my hand the dirt would essentially drop loosely between my fingers.

A number of towns create free compost that is often offered in certain city parks or botanic facilities, or you could create your own. Garden compost is a magnificent addition to your soil.
After planting your flowers and shrubs, envelop your soil with a dense level of compost. If there is no compost available, use a hardwood mulch.

These are simply a handful of the techniques that have really helped me. If you stick to these tips regularly you will obtain an impressive looking lawn!

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