Lawn is an essential feature of a garden. For a homeowner it is a big source of pride. The uses are both recreational as well as decorative. Remember grass produced almost three times more oxygen than a tree. Different types of grass can be used depending upon your requirements and the local climate. Bermuda Grass (Cynodon Dactylon) or Japanese Lawn Grass (Zoysia Japonica) can be a suitable choice in Indian climate. Lawn care mostly consists of mowing, fertilizing and deweeding.

Choose a place where you get sunlight throughout the day. If not at least six hours sunlight is essential. Also this place should not get waterlogged. Hoe the ground thoroughly into a depth of half metre. Now deweed and filter it from foreign objects. Then ground the clay in fine particles. Also check the level of the ground. For small lawn it is better to keep the land a bit higher from the adjacent places. In case of big lawn make the center part is highest and then level it as such that it goes slowly downward towards the periphery. Now your lawn is ready for seeding or planting, depending upon the method you choose. Planting is the easier one of the both methods. Buy grass chunks from local nursery, and plant it on. If you go for seeding, mix the seed with fine sandy loam or sand and spread it evenly. Keep the soil moist until the grass appears. The best time for preparing new lawn is end of summer in our Indian climate.

In summer and Winter cut lawns when it reaches a height of 4 to 5 cms. In winter cut it as low as possible. Mowing once in a week is good for your lawn. When mowing, never mow twice in same direction, try lengthwise and sideways alternatively. Also never mow, when the soil is wet.

After monsoon rake the lawn lightly and spread a half inch layer of soil mixture containing leaf mould, bone mill, and finely grounded soil one part each. At winter give the lawn a dose of liquid fertilizer bi-weekly. Prepare the liquid fertilizer by mixing 10 ml of urea with 10 litres of water. You can also use ammonium sulphate instead of urea.

Tthis is the most awesome part of lawn maintenance. If you take care of it thoroughly at the beginning, it will not give you much trouble. Whereas in any existing lawn, any weed has to be removed completely with root. Also spread the grass you get after mowing as mulch. It, not only helps to prevent the spreading of the weed, also act as a nutrients for the lawn.