Two Critical Tips For A Perfect Lawn Caring for your lawn can be quite a big challenge especially if you live in an area where the weather is often brutal. In most cases, the changes in the weather affect the quality of your grass. Too warm weather would often make your lawn look brown and lifeless while too much rain could drown your grass and cause its roots to rot. To help you take care of your lawn, here are some lawn care tips for you. Choosing The Right Type Of Grass When it comes to lawn care tips, choosing the right kind of grass for you lawn should be one of your top priorities. Look for certain types of grass that will fit into the type of weather that you have. If you have no idea what types of grasses are suitable for the kind of weather that your area has, it would be a good idea for you to make a research on this topic. Your local garden shop owner can help you find what you need. Garden shop owners are well versed about different types of grass so make sure that you ask him or her for lawn care tips when you visit his or her store. Another way for you to learn more about grasses is to find some books about lawns and grasses in the library and start reading. Lawn care tips from these books can help you a lot. If you do not have time to go to the library to look for books and other materials that can give you valuable lawn care tips, you can make use of online libraries and online open sources. There is plenty of valuable information that you can find online when it comes to types of grasses so start searching. Once you have found the right type of grass to grown on your lawn, make sure that you sow your grass at the right time of the year. Do not just grow your grass anytime because you will not get good results that way. Getting Your Soil Analyzed Another important lawn care tip is to determine the composition of your lawn soil before you attempt to apply fertilizer. Soil analysis is very important to determine the composition of your soil. It is easy to get soil samples. All you need to do is to dig some small holes in the different areas of your lawn and then get a few scopes of soil from each hole. Place the samples in clean containers and then take these samples to a soil laboratory for analysis. Your county agricultural agent might be able to help you if you have one in your area. --------------- When looking at a list of popular warm season grasses, Bermuda grass is certainly near the very top of the list. Bermuda grass, being both attractive and easy to care for, will turn your lawn into a wonderful landscape that is perfect for bare feet. Bermuda grass, coming to the United States from the savannahs of Africa, has taken its place as one of the most widely used grasses for homeowners. This warm season grass is found in the world from forty-five degrees north to forty-five degrees south longitudes. Lawn care for Bermuda grass is easier than one might think. A simple process of fertilization, watering and mowing provides for a well-nurtured and wonderful lawn of Bermuda grass. The following steps make lawn care for Bermuda grass a breeze. Fertilizing is a very important part of lawn care for Bermuda grass. Have your Bermuda grass fertilized by a professional lawn care contractor once to twice per year. They, using a solution containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, will make your lawn much healthier and much more beautiful. Watering is also a very vital detail of lawn care for Bermuda grass. This, however, is a very simple process. Bermuda grass should be watered moderately with an inch deep soaking every four to seven days. This will keep your lawn of Bermuda grass green and beautiful. Mowing, which is a great part of lawn care for Bermuda grass, can be a time consuming, though simple, process. A homeowner could easily spend up to forty hours a year behind a mower seeking a manicured and beautiful lawn of Bermuda grass. If this much time is being spent, then the job should be done right. Following are instructions on mowing Bermuda grass correctly. Make sure to always be cutting your Bermuda grass with a sharp blade. Start each spring with a fresh and nicely sharpened mower blade and, in the middle of the summer, replace the first blade with a new one. Also, don't scalp Bermuda grass. It is a very common mistake to cut a lawn of Bermuda grass too short. When caring for a lawn of Bermuda grass, never cut off more than one third of the blade at a time. Furthermore, more is better than less when it comes to mowing. It is much better to mow more often to make certain that you are not cutting too much off. Leave the clippings since they are an easy and natural way to feed your grass. Clippings, keeping the grass green and healthy, reduce the amount of water the grass needs. Also, make sure that when you mow, the grass is dry. Mowing long Bermuda grass that is wet produces clumps which can kill the grass. 
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