Organic Lawn Care Recipes

People who want their grass to look nice yet also be safe for their pets and their children to play on may be interested in organic lawn care recipes. These recipes allow you to make fertilizers and pesticides you can use on your lawn without worry. Also, they are completely biodegradable, meaning they will break down in the soil after they have fulfilled their duties instead of ending up as runoff in local waterways.

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One very good organic fertilizer is manure. However, you do not want to spread it across your lawn. Instead, try one of the following ideas:

Scoop the following into a bucket: four cups of seed meal, one cup of dolomitic lime, on cup of agricultural lime and one cup of gypsum. Stir. Sprinkle small amounts of the mix on each part of the lawn. Make more fertilizer as needed. You can find all of these ingredients at most garden centers.

Put yard waste and organic kitchen waste, excluding meat and oils, in a bin with plenty of aeration on the sides. Use a pitchfork or garden hoe to turn the materials each week so that the air continues to flow to all of the material. Within two months the material will break down and you will have an excellent fertilizer. You can also leave grass clippings and leaves on your lawn. However, don’t leave so many that you block out the sunlight the grass needs to photosynthesize.

Mix together one cup of Epsom salts, one cup of ammonia and one cup of any nonflavored beer. Put the solution in a garden sprayer. Pump the sprayer as needed and apply the solution to your lawn. If your lawn is larger than 500 feet in area, you will have to make a second batch. This solution can kill bacteria and give the roots nutrients at the same time.

Collect the used coffee grounds from your home, your office and even your local coffee shop and sprinkle them over your lawn. They will replenish much needed potassium and nitrogen.

In a way, air is one of the best organic ingredients you can give your lawn to help it achieve optimum appearance. Aerating your lawn helps it to accommodate grass root growth and absorb water better. You can either rent a commercial aerator or put on a pair of aerator sandals and walk across the lawn wearing them. When you’re finished it will look like your soil has dozens of holes in the top layer.

While insects may not be as big of a deal on a lawn as they are on a vegetable garden, they can still be a nuisance. Some natural ways to rid your yard of them are:

• Spraying the lawn with soapy water, such as the waste water left over from washing the dishes
• Spraying with a mixture of three tablespoons of laundry powder, a half cup of isopropyl alcohol and a quart of water
• Dicing one red pepper, one cup of mint leaves, on cup of horseradish leaves and one cup of green onion and mixing these vegetables with one half gallon of water and two tablespoons of dish detergent. Then spraying the solution on the lawn.

Organic vinegar is an excellent natural and biodegradable weed killer. All you have to do is spray a generous amount on each weed, both the stem and the leaves. Just be careful not to spray the vinegar on the grass. Vinegar does not discriminate.

If you do not wish to make your own products you can purchase commercial lawn care items made with organic ingredients. Just ask at your local garden supply shop. There should be several to choose from.

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