Green up your lawn for spring

Greening up your yard for spring is a great way to help the environment and to also have a great yard to enjoy. Especially if you have children, the use of organic products to help your yard to thrive is an excellent idea. You also want to be able to use products that are pet friendly.

One of the best ways to have a great yard is to aerate your lawn. Aerating your lawn helps to loosen the soil. By loosening the soil you allow air, water and nutrients to get to the roots. 

Strong roots make strong grass. When the soil becomes loosened it is a friendly environment for earth worms to grow. Earth worms are very good for both grass and for soil. They eat the grass that gets cut and bring it deep into the soil. They east it and then of course as with any life form that eats they leave behind organic material that helps to nourish the soil.

Starting a compost heap is a very green thing to so in your yard. Not only does it give you a place to dispose of your fruit and vegetable peelings and other organic waste but also the grass and bush clippings. You will then have a great organic mulch and fertilizer to help to grow your plants and your lawn. Spring is a great time to put in some new plants. You can add annuals or perennials and even a few bulbs for late summer blooms. 

If you have a fence around your yard, it may be time to paint. When you are going green you will want to choose a paint that is environmentally friendly. By using sustainable wood for your fencing, decking and yard furniture you are helping to keep things green.

One of the greenest things you can do for the grass in your yard is to use corn gluten meal to both feed the grass to discourage the germination of weeds. Corn gluten is an organic product that results from the milling of corn. The University of Iowa has done extensive testing of the product and while it may not be the easiest to use, it is very effective if used correctly.

One of the most amazing things you can do in the spring is to make your yard a friendly haven for birds. There are many bushes that are especially attractive to birds. Birds such as humming birds need to have flowers to attract them and then they need a perch. They love colorful flowers. If you plant the bushes that they want and need, they will come.

Having a green yard, requires a few simple steps but the rewards will last for years. You will also have a place that your family and pets can enjoy safely and that is a welcome place for birds. Spring is the time of year when you do all the preparation that will give you a year of beauty and functionality. use these easy ways to green up your yard for spring.