How to Start Your First Organic Garden (Part 9):

By taking a few easy ps, you can end up with the greenest, healthiest n on your block. Here's what to do!

"Grass-cycle" your grass ppings.
Grass-cyng involves letting your n reuse the grass ppings created by ing. The great thing about grass-cyng is that it's easy! You simply leave your grass ppings on the n inad of throwing them away. Why would you want to do this? Because it's been proven that grass ppings will quickly depose and return needed nutrients to the l. The grass ppings also act as a natural mulch, helping your grass to retain water.

Grass-cyng is a way not only to improve your n, it will also help you save time taking care of it! Other benefits of grass cyng include: improved l texture, reduced need for fertilizers, saved time when you , and reduced wa that goes to the dfill.

While you can convert most ners for grass-cyng, your best bet in to invest in a reel er. Reel ers are quiet, effective, easy to use, and most reel ers leave the grass where it should be, on your n!

If you just can't stand the sight of grass ppings on your y, another option is to post them. Invest in a simple post bin and use the post in your n and gen.

Cut your grass rectly and to the remended cutting height.
Knowing what height to cut your grass is an important way to get your grass to grow healthy and strong. Setting your ner to the highest or lst setting is not necessarily the best thing for your grass. In fact, different grass species have different needs in terms of grass cutting height. You can look up remended cutting heights here.

Additionally, you should keep the blades on your ner nice and sharp so that it cuts your grass effectively. Also, consider buying a reel er, which actually cuts the grass like scissors rather than tearing it like traditional rotary ners. This makes for healthier grass in general.

post your kitchen and gen wa for greener grass.
As mentioned above, posting your grass ppings is a great way reduce wa and help your gen and n grow. Additionally, you can post other wa from the gen and even from your kitchen.

Adding post to your l is one of the best ways to green up your grass and all your gen pts. post has a number of other benefits, including:

# post improves water drainage in clay and sandy ls.
# post creates a slow release of pt nutrients and stimulates root growth.
# post helps reduce problems with l-borne pt diseases and gen pests.
# post prevents erosion of precious topl.
# post recycles y and kitchen was inad of sending it to the dfill.
# post baces the pH levels of most ls.
# post attracts beneficial insects, worms, and other organisms

Use n gluten meal as a natural herbicide and n fertilizer.
Corn gluten meal is used most frequently as a natural preemergent herbicide for turf grass and organic crops. Hver, it has the added benefit of fertilizing your l. Corn Gluten Meal is a totally natural byproduct of the wet-milling process for n (Zea mays L.). It will help control annual weeds in your n and will keep your grass fertilized.

Use My Root Builder to improve your l.
Myrhizal fungi are beneficial l organisms that provide a sort of secondary root sym for your gen pts and grass. They attach themselves to the roots and help pts and grass make better use of water and organic nutrients in the l.

With a Myrhizal fungi root builder, you can get myrhizal fungi to work more efficiently. GreenSense My Root Builder is an excellent product that contains Endomyrhiza, Ectomyrhiza, Scleroderma, Kelp, Zeolite, and liquid Humate. It will work great on all the pts you grow, not just your turf grass.