Generally a shredder is a machinery device that is used in tearing objects into smaller pieces. The most common types of shredders are the paper shredders and the garden waste shredders. Common applications of the garden waste shredders are found in garbage disposal. There are also shredders that are specifically designed and made for the shredding...
Plants utilize the nutrients in the soil through their roots and the balance in the soil diminishes. So we use fertilizers to revive the soil. Dearth of Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus causes sluggish growth and lawn thinning. Excess results in increased leaves and roots and vulnerability to natural stresses. Hence an optimum quantum is desirabl...
There are several reasons not to cut grass too short. Grass grows from the crown, not the blade tips. This feature makes grass ideal for lawns because they keep on growing despite the regular mowing off of their upper stem, leaf cover and blades. So it important not to damage grass crowns by unplanned scalping with the mower. By keeping grass on th...
A Rolling Leaf Sweeper gathers leaves on a lawn. It is manufactured of high strength steel covered with a rust resistant coating. The collection bag has a volume of 7 cubic feet. Some models of Leaf Sweeper and Garden Vacuum have a U shaped zip to empty its contents. A Deluxe Leaf Sweeper gathers leaves and lawn clippings. It has a 26” swath and an...
Lawn clippings are mainly grass leaves along with some stems that are cut by the lawn mower. Earlier clippings were bagged using rotary mowers. It was thought that they might aid thatch development. But this assumption is now disproved.
The Present
In summer period, 20-30% of residential wastes are made up of grass clippings. These en...
A centipede is a yellowish gray insect with several pairs of legs. It moves with speed and eats other insects like spiders and cockroaches. Although their poison is harmless for humans they look eerie and bite like a bee. They can be commonly detected in mulch, rocks and wood in the lawn. Further they spread into steps, flowerbeds and pavements.
People drink water when they are thirsty and it goes same with the plants as well. Too many variables can enter the picture like light, wind, rain, temperature, humidity and the type of plants installed. Keep the plants moist for two weeks, water everyday if it does not rain at least a half-inch. For the next two weeks water minimum three times per...
Leaves, grass, twigs, roots and other wastes from lawns sum up to approximately 18% of the annual municipal waste. For summer, grass makes up 50% of the municipal waste, while in fall leaves causes 60-80% of the total waste. This gigantic amount of wastes strains the municipal collection systems as it raises the expenses required for the extra equi...
A thatch is a natural component of an actively grown turf grass. Thatches comprises of tightly intermingled layers of dead and living stems, leaves and roots that accumulates in between the growing grasses and the soil underneath. Until the thickness of the thatches does not exceed the normal levels, which is ¼ to ½ inches it has the potential to c...
A collection of blades of grass cut many times, bits of leaves and branches, roots and rhizomes that are decaying on the lawn are called a Thatch. This cut grass is left on the lawn as it provides nutrients to the soil, reduces water evaporation and shields from ice damage. But if the decomposition is very slow the thatch becomes a large layer. Thi...