{"id":7553,"date":"2018-05-24T14:23:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T18:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2018-05-24T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T18:23:49","slug":"green-lawn-healthy-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/2018\/05\/24\/green-lawn-healthy-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Green lawn, healthy lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/love-the-lake1.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/love-the-lake1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"108\"><\/a><strong>By &nbsp;Richard D. Gainar, CEBS &#8211; Lake Management Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, are key ingredients in lawn fertilizer. &nbsp;When it rains, fertilizer applied to lawns can wash into nearby storm culverts and streams that flow into our lake.&nbsp; Nutrients contribute to algae blooms, excess weeds, rob the water of oxygen, and threaten underwater life.<\/p>\n<p>Best management practices for the health of your lawn and Lake Roaming Rock:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skip the spring fertilizer, especially if your lawn is healthy. &nbsp;Fertilizing lawns in spring promotes excessive top growth at the expense of roots.<\/li>\n<li>Sharpen lawnmower blades. &nbsp;A dull blade tears and weakens the grass, opening it up to disease. &nbsp;Many local hardware stores or garden shops can sharpen your blade for you.<\/li>\n<li>Raise the cutting height of the mower. &nbsp;Taller grass shades out weeds and needs less water. &nbsp;A three-inch cut length is ideal for most lawns.<\/li>\n<li>Leave grass clippings on the lawn. &nbsp;They provide free fertilizer all season long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If fertilizer is necessary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the directions on the fertilizer bag.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about soil testing.<\/li>\n<li>Do not apply phosphorus to lawns unless a soil test indicates that it is needed.<\/li>\n<li>Clean up any fertilizer on driveways or other impervious surfaces.<\/li>\n<li>Keep fertilizer applications 10 to 15 feet away from waterways.<\/li>\n<li>Do not apply fertilizer if heavy rain is expected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the Lake and be lake responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By &nbsp;Richard D. Gainar, CEBS &#8211; Lake Management Committee Nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, are key ingredients in lawn fertilizer. &nbsp;When it rains, fertilizer applied to lawns can wash into nearby storm culverts and streams that flow into our lake.&nbsp; Nutrients contribute to algae blooms, excess weeds, rob the water of oxygen, and threaten underwater &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/2018\/05\/24\/green-lawn-healthy-lake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Green lawn, healthy lake&#8221;<\/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-7553","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\/7553","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=7553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}