Hello World! Welcome Friends! It is important for you to keep your lawn looking great, as well as ensuring that it is nice and healthy. Too many people let the lawn work slide because they are under the impression that keeping their lawn in great shape will cost them a lot of money. While that can be the case, if you are not paying attention to your lawn care budget, there are many things you can do in order to reduce the amount of money you have to spend on it. Here are some ways to do just that.
Skip the Delicate Flowers and Opt for the Rugged Ones
There is no doubt about it – flowers add a lot of beauty to your lawn. Since all flowers add beauty, instead of purchasing delicate expensive flowers that take much more time, care, and water to keep looking nice, you might want to opt for rugged flowers. By using wildflower seeds, you will find that you are still going to end up with a lot of beautiful flowers and they will not take as much care to keep looking nice. If there is a week without rain and you are on not able to manually water them for some reason, they will still be there looking fantastic for you.
Install a Sprinkler System
Installing a sprinkler system may require an upfront investment, but it is going to pay off in the end when you see how much money you are saving on your water bill. Also, you are bound to notice that you are going to save an incredible amount of time as well. After all, instead of having to haul the garden hose around the yard every evening to water the plants, you will watch the sprinkler system do all of it for you.
Plant Smaller Plants
If you want to new add shrubs to your yard, you might want to think about sticking with the smaller shrubs, as they will require much less water than large over-bearing shrubs. The less you have to water those plants, the more money you will save. Should you have a hard time imagining what the shrubs will look like once they are in place, such as how big and in what direction they will grow, you will want to make sure to search the internet for some pictures.
Spread a Lot of Mulch Around
The last thing you want to do is to have to worry about weeding closely to the shrubs and flowers that you are planting in your lawn. Therefore, you will want to invest in some mulch. Sure, the mulch will cost a little bit of money upfront, but it usually is not a lot of money. Also, the money-saving benefit that the mulch provides will be more than worth it. You will find that when you are watering plants that have been surrounded by mulch, that the water will be saved. It will not evaporate as quickly as it would if the mulch was not on top of the soil. The mulch will also provide some insulation for the root system, which will help ensure that your plants will last a lot longer. The less likely it is that you are going to be stuck having to replace dead plants, the more money you will save.
With those tips and any others that you might find, you should be able to keep your lawn looking great, and do so without having to worry about spending a ton of money in the process.
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Toodles,
Hello Kathryn, thank you for sharing these useful tips. These tips will really going to help out in making the lawn look beautiful and attractive at a low cost. Thanks for sharing such a nice blog!