It was Opening Day this week for your
favorite Major League baseball team—so how’s the turf at your home field
looking? Take some time between innings this weekend to get out there and give
your yard a good old-fashioned spring-cleaning. Here’s the top-of-the-list
tasks that make the starting line-up:
ü Rake
up the remains of last fall’s leaves and grass clippings. The young blades of
grass need as much light as possible to grow strong.
ü Overseed
to repair any damaged areas of the lawn. Make your lawn-repair job a home run
with my sensational Spot Seed Tonic:
Combine 1 cup of
beer, 1 cup of baby shampoo, and 4 tablespoons of instant tea granules in a 20
Gallon Hose-End Sprayer, and lightly apply the mixture to the mulch covering
your newly seeded areas.
ü Get your key player in tip-top shape—sharpen your mower blade, or replace it
with a new one, so you’ll be all set for the first cut of the season.
ü Remove
thatch from cool-season lawns. Then spread screened compost over the dethatched
turf, followed by a dose of my Kick-in-the-Grass
Tonic:
Mix 1 can of beer,
1 cup of antiseptic mouthwash, 1 cup of dishwashing liquid, 1 cup of ammonia,
and ½ cup of Epsom salts in a large bucket and pour the solution into a 20
Gallon Hose-End Sprayer. Apply the tonic to your lawn-repair site to the point
of run-off, wait two weeks, then administer another dose.
For more super solutions to maintain the
lushest lawn in the league, check out my Terrific Garden Tonics! book—FREE for 21 days!
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