4 ways to make your lawn greener

Have you ever wanted to make your lawn the "envy of the neighborhood"? Ever wondered how professional gardeners and landscapers create magazine-style lawns?

This question has plagued men - and their wives - for ages. Although every house in a neighborhood has a lawn with varying shades of green, the one that neighbors often try to copy is the beautiful lawn of emerald green.

Of course, many lawn owners will tell you that there realy is no "secret" to making your grass greener - and that it is the result of years of effort involving secret recipes and perfect levels of nitrate and super fantastic pellets and amazingly in depth pH levels.

In reality, by following a few simple suggestions, you can make your lawn greener and reduce the number of bare spots in your lawn.

1. Use your rototiller and get some compost into the soil, or use a lawn type fertilizer to make your lawn green up a bit. Although the pH of your soil can help your grass to grow strong and finish green, you do not need to go and actually get your soil tested.

2. Seed Your Lawn regularly. Check the label and ensure that the noxious weed seed number is close to nothing. The less weeds there are, the more actual grass is there. Get the best grass seed that you can get. One of the most lush and hardy is QuickLawn Grass Seed.

3. When you are mowing, make sure that your lawn mower is in good condition. First and foremost, ensure that the blades on your mower are as sharp as they can possibly be. Most of the time, when you mow your lawn, if the blades are sharp, it will keep the cut ends of your lawn green because they are blunted or beaten less when they are cleanly cut..

4. Don't neglect the water that your lawn needs to establish itself and stay healthy and green. In many cases, we neglect the most important aspect of a green lawn. According to lawncare experts the number one reason for browned grass or bare spots is that the watering wasn't done faithfully or extensively enough.

Follow these steps - and it can help you get a greener lawn and keep it green all season lawn. It may even help you meet or beat your neighbor's lawn!