How to Maintain an Organic Yard

‘Tis the season for raking piles of leaves and jumping into them and. . .wait a minute. What if we told you to skip the raking? But you have to get rid of all the leaves in your yard, right? Yes, but there IS a better way. As a company dedicated to environmentally-friendly landscaping choices, we’d like to share a few secrets that can help keep your lawn healthy and save you lots of time raking!

Start Your Organic Yard Now!

Did you know that fall is the perfect time to begin converting to an organic yard? If you’ve thought about going green, this is the season when the process can begin.

Organic Fertilizers

Using organic fertilizers will help to grow beautiful, healthy grass in the spring. There are so many organic fertilizer products available that you’ll want to try. Some may include citrus, vegetables, soybean, fish and other types of all-natural fertilizers.

Organic Pesticides

As we have mentioned, using natural pesticides also takes care of the environment without harming humans, animals, or disrupting the delicate ecosystem of your yard. Some pests can be repelled with hot pepper wax, certain plants, garlic spray, vinegar, mint oil, citrus and other natural alternatives.

Eliminating Leaves the Natural Way

Now back to the leaves. . .

First, it is important to remove the cover of leaves over your lawn before the colder months arrive. If you don’t, your yard will be susceptible to things you really don’t want. A couple of examples:

Insect infestations. A cover of leaves creates the perfect cozy environment for all kinds of critters you don’t want making a home in your yard.

Snow mold. This is an ugly pink or gray fungus that grows in cold and wet conditions.

Not disposing of leaves properly will lead to hazardous conditions, because wet leaves can be very slippery. Most importantly, the growth of your grass will be stunted. As you know, fall grasses require sun and nutrients to grow. If the grass is shaded by leaves, the process of photosynthesis won’t be able to take place.

So how should you dispose of the leaves? Instead of raking, mow them into mulch, into the grass. According to a study at Michigan State, mowing your leaves into mulch will reduce dandelion growth by 60%.

In order to do this, you need to first mow over the leaves, chopping them up into little pieces. Then lightly rake a pile that will be much smaller. Mow over the pile a few more times. Or contact landscaping professionals who will repurpose your leaves for you, helping you to create the perfect organic yard.

The Veron Company is committed to ensuring that you have beautiful, worry-free landscaping, and we provide other home care services as well. Keep checking our blog for more maintenance tips, and contact us today to let us go to work for you!

The Veron Company, serving Marlborough, Massachusetts and surrounding areas, including Cape Cod since 1982.