A mulching mower solves two problems in organic lawn care with just a few swipes of its blades. First of all, when mowing, always keep a high clip (2 ½ to 3 inches) unless it’s your final mowing in fall. Short grass clippings and especially fine mulch from a mulching mower will fall in between cut blades of grass and reach soil where they quickly decay, adding nitrogen and other nutrients to your soil. Because grass is very efficient in its use of nitrogen, composting your lawn with grass clippings can radically cut down on your fertilization needs. Grass clippings alone can contribute up to two pounds of two to six pounds per 1000 square feet that your lawn needs to stay healthy.

During dry seasons, an organic lawn care basic is to water your lawn infrequently but deeply. Deep watering forces grass roots down while over-watering allows them to remain near top. Deeply rooted lawns better compete with invasive weeds.

In addition to helping your lawn retain moisture, annual lawn aeration is one organic lawn care method of giving easy growing room to roots and provides circulation for colonies of critters that tend your soil. The best time to aerate your lawn is in spring. Not only will spring aeration break up compaction of frost and snow accumulated during winter, spring rains also help aeration clumps decay quickly, further enriching your topsoil.

3.Do you already have a lawn? Aerate it in spring while it’s still moist and before spring rains are done. Aerating your lawn in springtime gives microbes and other small life forms a breath of fresh air after winter. Aeration also makes new paths for drainage and keeps your lawn from becoming saturated.

4.A lot is written about lawn fertilizer and big question is why? Grass is most efficient user of nitrogen on earth! Feed your soil with nutrient rich compost and let your lawn get its nutrients natural way. The more chemicals you use, more you disturb natural biological processes that convert organic matter into nutrients and microbes and other small organisms that take natural care of your lawn.

5.Mow your grass high. A 2 ½ to 3-inch high cut makes your lawn look fuller, feel softer, and helps keep it healthy. Taller grass shades pesky weed seeds and keeps them from getting established. In addition, a taller lawn is better able to absorb sunshine and better able to retain moisture, two main contributors to a healthy lawn.

6.Enjoy your lawn. After all, isn’t that your main reason for having a yard?

Hans is the owner and one of the editors of Lawn Mower Guide a Collection of Articles about Lawn Mowers and Lawn Care