Make Your Lawn Naturally Beautiful

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September 8, 2008
By Megan Phelps 
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What are your experiences with “greener” lawn care? Have you found nontoxic techniques and products that work well? Have you recently changed your ideas of what a “lawn” should be? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

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  • hmiwb 1/9/2009 4:02:00 PM

    My very neglected lawn was looking pretty sparse and ugly so on a hunch I threw some white clover seeds out early last year. What a difference! The bare spots filled in and the yard looked really nice for the first time in years. It even seemed to choke out the dandelions. I personally didn't mind the small white flowers and the bees and other insects loved them. To each their own, but I won't put chemicals on my yard or garden so this is a solution I can live with.

  • Hubcap 9/15/2008 12:56:04 PM

    I've successfully used compost tea (diluted down 10:1 with water) to fertilize, using a pressurized sprayer. All the good nutrients are there, just soak it in the late afternoon.

  • Kimberly K 9/14/2008 6:29:06 AM

    Soybean meal, alfalfa, ground corn, feather meal, blood meal are all things that will naturally fertilize your lawn. Some more cheaply than others. The NPK is different for each. You don't have to worry about burn and that means it isn't weather dependent. We get ours at our local feed store. I don't worry about kids or pets in the lawn.

  • CherylR 9/13/2008 9:50:16 AM

    I moved last summer and my new front yard is over half Johnson grass. Is there any easier way than having the yard dug up and resodded? If I dug it all out there wouldn't be any yard left! It's so hard to mow with my electric mower. The mower tends to knock over the Johnson grass instead of cutting it (this grass easily grows 6" in a week). Thanks for any tips.

  • Dolores S 9/12/2008 10:23:22 AM

    Does anyone know of a way to rid the lawn of Yarrow (white flowers)? It is very invasive.

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