THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 22, 2010 SUMMER HOME PROJECTS
top coat. The raking action helps to cover the grass seed a little, and works the compost, fertilizer and grass seed into the core plugs. After raking in the grass
seed, water the lawn thor- oughly to complete the lawn restoration process. Follow up daily with ¼” of additional watering until the new grass seed is fully germinated and is up a couple of inches. Restoring a lawn using
Compost material is rich in nutrients and helps to stimulate the soil to improve grass seed germination and lawn growth.
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work, mow the lawn down to about a 1 inch level. Next, aerate the lawn
using a coring aerator. You can rent core aerators at any tool rental facility. A core aerator has small hollow and circular tines that remove small plugs or cores from the soil that are approximately ½” in diam- eter and several inches in length. Aerating the lawn helps to loosen the lawn soil and again enables sunlight, fertilizer nutri- ents, oxygen and water to better penetrate the soil.
After aerating the lawn
spread a light layer of compost material over the lawn. Usually a half inch layer is all that is required. Compost material is rich in nutrients and helps to stimulate the soil to im- prove grass seed germina- tion and lawn growth. In addition to the com-
post material, also apply an application of starter fertilizer on top of the soil. Finally apply a grass seed over the restored lawn area and then gently rake the grass seed into the compost and fertilized soil
this method is much less expensive and much easi- er on the body. Within 2 to 3 weeks your lawn should be on its way to looking beautiful again. Once your lawn has been
fully re-established make sure to fertilize it several times a year. Also, apply at least once a year a fertil- izer with a pre-emergent to control crabgrass growth. In addition, apply a grub killer once a year to pre- vent insect lawn damage.
Mark Donovan is the own-
er and operator of www.
HomeAdditionPlus.com, a website focused on provid- ing home improvement and remodeling information to homeowners. He resides in Derry, New Hampshire and can be contacted at mark@
homeadditionplus.com.
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