{"id":5146,"date":"2016-05-18T17:12:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2016-05-18T17:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:12:29","slug":"want-a-great-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/2016\/05\/18\/want-a-great-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a Great Lawn?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"love-the-lake\"<\/a>By Dick Hurwitz \u2013 Lake Management Committee<\/em><\/p>\n

Many Roaming Shores residents take great pride in a beautiful lawn.\u00a0 This is a good thing!\u00a0 Not only does it add to the beauty of our village, but it also helps maintain or even increase the values of our properties.\u00a0 In some cases, however, a beautiful lawn may not be such a good things\u2014if the beauty is a result of chemical applications that include nutrients which may be harmful to the health and safety of our lake.\u00a0 So if you would like a lawn that is, as much as possible, safe for the lake and beautiful as well, try some or all of these suggestions from the April 2016 issue of Reader\u2019s Digest<\/u>:<\/p>\n

Wise Moves for a Lush Lawn<\/p>\n

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  1. Get tested.<\/strong> \u201cSpending money on fertilizer without a soil test is just guessing,\u201d says Paul Tukey. Good soil is key to a great lawn, and a soil test can tell you what\u2019s in the dirt and what\u2019s missing.\u00a0 For a test, call your county extension office (a national network of agriculture experts).<\/li>\n
  2. Plant clover with your grass.<\/strong> Clover competes with weeds and fixes nitrogen in the soil.\u00a0 John Bochert, a lawn and garden specialist in York, Maine, recommends a seed mix of white clover, perennial rye (it germinates quickly), fescue, and bluegrass.<\/li>\n
  3. Mow high, and leave the clippings.<\/strong> Taller grass provides more leaf for photosynthesis, develops deeper roots, and resists weeds.\u00a0 The clippings act as fertilizer.\u00a0 \u201cLawns mowed at four inches are the most weed-free,\u201d Tukey says.\u00a0 \u201cIf you did only one thing, adjusting your mower height would be it.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Cut back on watering.<\/strong> Frequent watering leads to shallow roots, so \u201cwater once a week if at all,\u201d says Tukey.<\/li>\n
  5. Apply compost.<\/strong> \u201cWeeds need light to grow,\u201d Tukey says.\u00a0 \u201cSpreading compost on a lawn in the spring prevents weed seeds from germinating.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. Listen to weeds\u2026<\/strong> \u201cWeeds are nothing if not messengers,\u201d says Tukey.\u00a0 \u201cDandelions are telling you the ground needs more calcium.\u00a0 Plantains are telling you the ground is too compact and needs aerating.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. \u2026and to insects.<\/strong> Beneficial nematodes, which are microscopic worms, eat some 200 species of insects, including grubs that become Japanese beetles; you can buy them from farm and garden stores.\u00a0 Mix them in water, and spray them on your lawn.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    -Edgar Allen Beem
    \nfrom Down East<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Dick Hurwitz \u2013 Lake Management Committee Many Roaming Shores residents take great pride in a beautiful lawn.\u00a0 This is a good thing!\u00a0 Not only does it add to the beauty of our village, but it also helps maintain or even increase the values of our properties.\u00a0 In some cases, however, a beautiful lawn may … Continue reading “Want a Great Lawn?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,34,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lake-management-articles","category-sediment-control-sub-committee","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}