Show Y Your Our Lawn La ONE OF THE TIlE most successful success success- ful ways to feed your lawn lawnis is to apply a light feeding six times a year beginning in March The feedings are so light that it will not be any anymore anymore anymore more expensive than the usual twice a year feedings most people use It is best to avoid feeding late in April May Mayor or June unless you live in a far northern state The reason for this is that the weeds will take most of your plant food and your grass will get very little if any benefit from the feedings Feedings during July and August come at the very height of the grass growing season These feedings must be combined with plenty of water LA LAWN WN fertilizers combine nitrogen phosphorous and potash The first number is nitrogen it equals the sum of the second phosphorous and the third potash A Atypical Atypical Atypical typical garden fertilizer is 5 10 and it may do a good job on your lawn However you will need to use more of it than would be necessary necessary necessary sary with a lawn fertilizer to get the required amount of nitrogen If you are putting in grass seed dont don't seed for at least a week after you feed I Let at least a month go by after germination before you feed again TOPSOIL is an important item for Cor your lawn and arid garI gar- gar I den A perfect condition is 10 inches of topsoil Below 4 or 5 inches you will have some trouble Proper feeding can work wonders however Have your soil tested to determine determine deter deter- mine just what is needed During Duling fall and winter it is isI I important to keep leaves and I pine raked Grass needs air airI I and light These l leaves ves can canI I be used to advantage around I loving acid n shrubs |