With the scent of spring in the air, it's the perfect time to evaluate your yard and how you can make it look lush with vibrant colors. Your yard is like a tapestry; it allows you to paint with as many colors as you can find, serving as an extension of yourself and your creativity. In many ways, gardening can make hard times easier by allowing you to reduce stress through planting and landscaping to your heart's desire.
Make Space for the Green
In order to have a beautiful green space, it is essential to clean up the yard by doing a spring clean of debris and trash left by the winter's buildup. You will notice that once the area is clean, there may be a lot of brown spaces where grass has died. This calls for you to begin preparing the yard for planting and growing. Your yard sustains a lot of damage during the hard winter months. Before you begin working on the garden and other plants, it's best to start seeding your yard. This will help with the decaying or yellow spots and get your yard ready for a nice garden location. Remember, wherever you want a garden, you will want to kill the grass with a chemical grass killer. This ensures you will have a nice open area to start your garden.
Find Functional Foliage
When it comes to foliage that serves the role of beautifying your yard as well as your home, you will want to choose what looks great from the outside while protecting the inside of the yard. Privacy trees have a number of benefits that make them a great alternative to fences. Privacy trees provide a natural border for the yard. They are less intrusive to the appearance of the yard than a fence. They do wonders for blocking the heat and the sun. They may even help reduce your energy bill. Beyond their functionality, privacy trees are beautiful additions that create a great-looking yard.
Fertilize in Spring and Summer
For the best-looking yard that's full of thick green color, you will want to fertilize early in the spring and late in the summer. The best time to do the initial fertilization in the spring is when the soil reaches 55 degrees.
Your yard is an open canvas ready for your creativity and care. Be sure to follow up with year-long care of the grass and foliage to achieve optimal success. And if you don't succeed at first, try again!
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