Greening Up Lawns

by
New Zealand's Gardening Guru
Dale Harvey
(as seen on TV - Living Earth Series, Radio plus published in a weekly magazine)

Enjoy this easy to read e-Book filled with great ideas and suggestions

Sample:
Mid March in New Zealand is traditionally known in the gardening world as the best time of the year to start a new lawn or repair and reseed an existing one. While the ground is still quite warm from the summer heat, the shorter days, cooler nights and heavier autumn dews make it much easier to keep the soil moist. Warm, moist soil means fast germination of the grass seed.

If these fine blades can be kept alive until the autumn rains return the lawn will develop quickly and will be beautifully established by spring. When creating a new lawn, first remove all weeds either with a commercial or organic spray or by cultivation. Then cultivate deeply until the ground is reduced to a fine tilth. This is important because the young grass blades need a fine seed bed in which to germinate and must penetrate the soil deeply with their fine roots.