Natural Lawncare - The Benefits Of Mulched Grass Clippings
by John Yazo
It is completely not true that when mowing your lawn with a mulching mower will cause thatch buildup. The use of a mulching lawn mower is good for both your lawn and the environment. To have a healthy lawn, let nature do it's work and provide you with the benefits that only it can give.
There are two ways of mowing a lawn, the right way or the wrong way and it can make the difference in your lawns health. There are many people that think when they mulch there grass clippings it will cause a thatch buildup, there is nothing farther from the truth. Mulching your grass cuttings can actually help in the reduction of thatch build-up.
Grass is a heavy feeder and one of the best ways to naturally return the nutrients that benefit your lawn is to mulch and leave the grass clippings in place. These clippings are a high source of nitrogen for grass to benefit from naturally. Having a regular mowing schedule is also very important and you don't want to remove any more than one third of the total height of the blade of grass at any one mowing.
Grass clippings being a high in nitrogen make them a great source of nitrogen for composting, however they can also help restore the soil your lawn is growing on by adding nitrogen back into the soil naturally, when left in place. Having a healthy soil structure with a healthy soil biology is the key to having a healthy lawn, just as much as it is in any type of organic garden.
Soil quality is the key to growing any type of plant life, and creating an environment that will support the life soil needs to benefit plants is simple to achieve with a little planning and the placement of an organic soil management system. Keeping the vast diverse community of life that exists in an organic soil structure can simply be done by supplying it with the organic matter it needs to survive, work hard for you and supply the plant life that your are growing the support and nutrients it needs to thrive.
There is no such thing as a bad soil, any type of soil can be amended with organic matter to improve the soils structure to provide the support and nutrition that the plant life you are growing need to thrive in.
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