Grass – The Landscape Carpet
May is still a good month to get a lawn started, but the earlier the better. As the days grow longer and warmer, seed germination and seedling growth is not so good as when milder weather prevails. It is desirable to get a good stand of new grass well established before the hot, dry days of mid-summer arrive and weed competition becomes greatest.
A good lawn is one of the main landscape requirements of a home and one that gives more problems and concern than any other landscaping problem. A State Department of Agriculture bulletin on lawns should be consulted for full and detailed information.
The most common mistake made is to try growing grass in poor, thin topsoil and inadequately prepared earth. Grading and leveling too, are often done wrong resulting… Read the rest of Grass - The Landscape Carpet