If you want to win Garden of the Month every month, all you have to do is follow a few simple tips. First, you have to understand and follow basic watering techniques. Never water during the day time or in the still of the night. Water early in the mornings or late in the evenings when the sun is low in the sky. This will keep the water from evaporating into the air. Also, water for long periods of time and do it less frequently. This will cause your roots in your plans to grow deeper and retain water for longer saving you time, money, and energy, and keeping your lawn look great.

It is recommended that you water your lawn and garden at least an inch deep, and just once a week. You can easily measure this in your lawn by placing shallow containers around your lawn when you water, turn on the sprinklers and wait until the water has reached one inch. This will also help you determine which parts of your lawn are getting more water than others, and then you can move your sprinklers around to fix this problem. If you are in a drought or water restriction area, then you should add some kind of polymers or water crystals to your lawn. These highly absorbent gel products can reduce your need for watering greatly.

You should be dividing your garden rows with trenches or canals to make sure that the water isn’t running off of your garden. In this case, you may not need to use something to measure the amount you watering, since you can plainly see how much is in the canal. Always use an organic fertilizer in your lawn and garden. For lawns, the grass will absorb more natural nutrients and they are environmentally safer than synthetics. Since you eat the food you are growing, you want to use only natural fertilizers so you don’t take harmful chemicals into your body.

Invest in a garden tiller. You should be tilling your garden in the early spring as soon as you are able to. Scope out your garden and remove any plant matter or rocks that make be in your garden. You should also aerate your lawn about once a year and make sure that the holes are about 3 inches in the ground. This should increase the circulation in your lawn helping your grass roots absorb air and other nutrients.

There is an abundance of good information these days on getting the best lawn and garden possible. There are a number of free online resources, and even more information at your local nursery. Purchase a few gardening books or check some out from the local library so that you can have the lawn of the month every month!

Dorthy Weatherbush is an avid gardener and is always looking for new ways to improve her lawn and garden. For holiday decorations she shops at Collections Etc. For her general gardening needs however, she shops at Gurneys.comAlthough she has never won Lawn or Garden of the Month in her neighborhood, she has come in 2nd place several years in a row.

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