Whenever the grass turns green, garden owners are anxious to begin their work on the lawn. If they give their lawn enough love and care and just the right amount of patience, they are going to enjoy having a green lawn for many months to come.

For example, new grass inspires the garden owner to spread fertilizer in order for the young blades to flourish. One of the most common practices is to use natural fertilizers on your fescue and bluegrass lawns so this is what most gardeners opt for. Not only is it healthy for the soil, it is also healthy for the environment in general.

The right time to apply organic fertilizer to your lawn is the fall. They do this because the roots have to sustain the plants all through the winter until next summer. If you happen to miss the fertilizer application during the fall you can still do it in the spring. A proper mixture of the organic fertilizer is a half a pound of nitrogen for every 1000 ft.².

Lime is another organic lawn care product that can be used. This is often applied during early spring after the soil tests. There are a lot of different grass types that have their best growth whenever you can get the soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0. A garden owner should have their soil analyzed approximately every 2 to 3 years. These tests will tell you how much lime you need to put on your lawn.

If you wish to hold and control the growth of crabgrass, then you are going to want to use pre-emergent organic herbicides between the months of March and April. Every once in a while crabgrass will spring up but it can be controlled with organic herbicides. Crabgrass that is already growing won’t be affected by the herbicide though. Because of this the best time that you need to apply the herbicide is one the crabgrass is just sprouting.

Most of your fertilizer spraying is done during the fall.Spraying weed killer can also be done during this time. Before you spray the weed killer though you do need to make sure that the weeds are actually growing. During the drought, spray when the weeds are growing.

Use different sprayers when applying herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Mark these sprayers correctly so you know exactly what the containers are for. Just a simple mistake of mixing any one of the lawn care products with another one can end up hurting your plants permanently.

In might be a little early to begin insect control in March, but your lawn care must always begin in the early spring. If your lawn didn’t get fed in the fall, then you can make up for it during the spring.

If you would like to read more on organic gardening and organic lawn care, then now is the time. Start gearing up for the fall and the time to prepare that lawn for those long winter months.