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Getting started with your lawn

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While some lawns may start from wild fields, the number one thing that you are going to have when starting your lawn around your house is probably going to be dirt. Also some people will hire a professional company to come in and lay sod, but that is usually very expensive. So in this section, we will focus the direction on people starting their lawn on dirt by using seeding. The first step when starting the seeding of your lawn is to loosen the ground about 5 inches in depth. You can probably use a garden or lawn tiller to loosen up the ground and then a rake to break up large chunks and remove things that you don't want in your soil - such as rocks and pieces of current plant life.

The next thing to do is apply a fertilizer. There are actually fertilizers out there that are made for starting seeds. Immediately after laying the fertilizer, lay the seed. You want to make sure that you rake the seeds after laying them down to get 75% of them under the top of the dirt. And finally, the third and most important step is to begin watering your lawn. You can buy an underground sprinkler system or simply use a hose and a sprinkler. When the seeds are first sown, water often so that the water sinks to about 3 inches under the surface. You may need to do this 4 or 5 times a day depending on heat, sunlight, and wind.

There are some important tips when sowing your first lawn besides these three steps. The first is to plant the seeds when temperatures are relatively calm - not the middle of summer. The second is to ask your local lawn experts for the kind of seed to grow. Some seeds are grown better in your area than others - pay attention to the experts. The third tip is to make sure your new lawn gets enough food and water.

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