Show THE GARDEN SPOT S home H ome without a lawn ru by eldred CM L C E green 1 WHAT WOULD 7 your youn home look ake without a lawn it would be a pretty dismal asmal looking place because lawns are so common we pay littie little attention to them nature has provided many kinds of at grass and isome ome win wm grow in most any spot with little thought and care the vide a fine green living se setting eting for k home bome and garden A a dew new ewla lawn wn sh should 0 uld be treated exactly like ilke a garden the soll soil should be deeply turned and end finely pulver or grass can be encouraged to q i A aeed bed an top fertilizer Fertilize ir and humus be added if it the soil soll is clay ac ee sandy the grass should be sown evenly and the surface kept moist mow befi 01 the a plants are well weil started grass grow grown only la cool weather so me the tim lawn should be taken care of ot kerny kenny use seed that is good for year kentucky slim blue uan grass je ow BC beet beat ever over most of the country kand sad uder wider howy bow everi ever it will win not bot grow vow la in heavy shade mene mere some other grass Is Ine eee eess sess esary ry such as canada tanada blue laass lamoss or chewings fescue la ai gua gra seed raU mixtures tures tunes theire there abi he be grasses that come up offid monn fona a prete Prote etlea elka imie h am i abbed started red st ay IF W kaw top and rye grass are the ones chiefly used state laws require the analysis of grass seed teed to be printed on the package the greaten greater the percentage of kentucky blue canada blue or chewings fescue the better the seed cheap mixtures will have less of these de desirable grasses and more of the less expensive la lawns wn s are composed ot of plants and need the sam same 0 sare care care cane that you would give to plants in the garden weeds must be kep kept tout out this is easy now nov with the new kin kinds of sprays spray scon containing 2 ad that kills weeds but bul does not bother grass use these 4 exactly aa an directed direct edL plant food food wil will be needed this Is best given antho in the same way that you feed your garden use a good balanced fertilizer chemicals containing only one element may stimulate the grass bu but bui the tho growth will not be balanc balanced edom edow and the plant may suffer later cutting the lawn is not dot a Is bard hard task set the mower so that an inc inch and a balt half of grass is left the clippings should be left to fall anth on the ground keep the mower sharp ant ani and well oiled olied A light cutting ever even every week or two is far better than a heavy cutting once in a great while occasionally grass will become to too long and then the clippings should ghoul be removed if they are matting and an causing a smothering of the grast grass rolling may be necessary it your you soil is subjected to thawing and an freezing in the spring the ile coile roller should be heavy enough to press th the tho surface of the soil smooth without packing it down generally the stet steel water weight ones are more easil easily ad adapted apted to the soil conditions tt the rolling pushes the grass back int ini into contact with the soil soll so that tt the roots can take hold frost action loosens the plants from the so soil koll IL good lawns are necessary roll rol inn ing bertill fertilizing and cutting are litt little trouble weeds are gone with a spray select the right grass ar and you will leve lave a good lawn with litt uttie eart earn mart am L |