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A primary element of organic lawn management is the use of compost [2] and compost tea to reduce the need for fertilization and to encourage healthy soil that enables turf to resist pests. [3] A second element is mowing tall (3" – 4") to suppress weeds and encourage deep grass roots, [4] and leaving grass clippings and leaves on the lawn as ...
Grass courts. Historically very popular, they are now slowly being replaced by clay courts which offer the opportunity of year-round usage and lower maintenance. The skills needed to maintain a grass court are considerable. Traditionally the court is split into the foundations and drainage, the soil or binding layer, and the grass.
82400B Professional Salt Spreader. Chapin’s largest walk-behind salt spreader is made for large jobs and can hold lots of salt–up to 100 pounds.
Hand-pushed broadcast spreader. A broadcast seeder, alternately called a broadcaster, broadcast spreader or centrifugal fertilizer spreader (Europe) or "spinner" (UK), is a farm implement commonly used for spreading seed where no row planting is required (mostly for lawns and meadows: grass seeds or wildflower mixes), lime, fertilizer, sand, ice melt, etc., and is an alternative to drop ...
"The grass roots can suffocate due to a lack of oxygen in overly wet soil, weakening the lawn," says McCausland. "Standing water can compact the soil, reducing drainage and harming root ...
Electric lawn mower in grass-cycling mode. Grasscycling is a method of handling grass clippings by leaving them to decompose on the lawn when mowing.The term combines "grass" and "recycling", and had come into use by at least 1990, [1] as part of the push to reduce the huge quantities of clippings going into landfills, up to half of some cities' summertime waste flow, [2] as 1,000 square feet ...
The remaining five Australians from the infamous “Bali Nine” drug gang are “relieved and happy” to be home after Canberra struck a deal with Jakarta to end their two decades of imprisonment.
Core lawn aerator attachment on a conventional front-tine garden tiller A lawn aerator is a garden tool designed to create holes in the soil in order to help lawn grasses grow. [ 1 ] In compacted lawns, aeration improves soil drainage and encourages worms , microfauna and microflora which require oxygen .