If you are a homeowner, who does not want to enjoy hiring an expert to do your Lawn care and would rather DIY then the responsibility of mowing and maintaining a healthy lawn is yours. To help you achieve the backyard of your dreams, here are some pretty simple tricks. After these tips, you’ll have all your neighbors wondering if you have a green thumb!

1. Have the Sharpest Tool in the Shed

Sharpening the blades on your lawn mower is essential. This task will ensure fresh cuts to each blade of Grass. When you mow with dull blades, you’re more likely to find brown tips on your grass from jagged chops.

Keeping your blades balanced is also helpful. When sharpening your blades always remember to remove the spark plugs from the mower and wear gloves! Time is precious but so are your fingers. Updating your blades about every three or four years is also a good habit to get into.

2. Does Size Really Matter?

The answer is yes! Cutting your grass too short can harm the growth cycle. If you chop off over a third of the grass, this can damage your little green friends. Another benefit to not cutting the grass too short is that it can help create shade. This shade slows the evaporation of water from the soil which helps sustain the surrounding grass. Most people assume the shorter the grass is cut, the longer they can go without mowing. This is a common misconception. The good thing is that when the summer months come, the grass doesn’t grow as fast. Not only can you let the grass grow longer, but there’s no need to maintain a shorter length.

3 What is the Best Time of Day to Cut the Grass?

While getting an early start to your day might make you feel productive, mowing your grass too early is not. When the grass is still covered in dew it is more likely to be damaged and pulled from its roots.

If you think midday is a good idea, think again. During midday when the sun has reached its peak in the sky, your grass is hard at work holding on to every last drop of water for survival. At this point, your grass is also working on photosynthesis.

If you’re someone who likes to sleep in on the weekends, then you’re in for a treat. Mowing the lawn in the evening is ideal.

4. Switch up your Mowing Routine

The grass will grow based on the direction you cut it in. It will lean with the grain that you choose. To combat this, use different routes. This will promote upward growth of the grass. While you will switch up the pattern you mow, always go forward. This will help grass that becomes coarse and help prevent it from sprouting unevenly as well.

5. Recycle your Lawn Clippings

This may sound odd, but your grass will thank you. Keeping some of the grass clippings on your lawn will promote more growth. The clippings replenish the soil with nitrogen and more nutrients like potassium and phosphorous. Not only does it save time from clean up, but its free!

The Need for Garden Gnomes and Plastic Flamingos is Over!

With your new Lawn Mowing Hacks, you’re sure to be the hot topic at the next neighborhood block party. Now it’s time to sit back and unwind on your new luxury lawn. You might as well say goodbye to those tacky lawn ornaments now that your yard’s new look will speak for itself!