Gardening > LawnDecember 29, 2006

Mulching Mower For An Organic Lawn

We no longer buy chemicals for our lawn. We learned through our cooperative extension office that using a mulching mower makes natural fertilizer. We've done this for a few years now , and the crab grass is gone! We have a very thick healthy lawn. We also sprinkle free used coffee grounds from Starbucks on it for a little extra fertilizer. I don't miss bagging those leaves! Any overage we rake and pile around the trees...they love this composting mulch.

By Alexandra from Virginia

Feedback

Read feedback for this post below.

By
01/15/2007

Now that you mention it my crabgrass is also leaving. I got lazy and started using a mulching mower on the grass and leaves in the fall. But I still have problems with plantain (the leaves of which you can eat) and dandelions.

Do not eat anything from your lawn if you have sprayed any chemicals on them this season.

Related

Post Feedback

Your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Enter your feedback here!

Feedback:

Image Upload:

Add an image to your post! Click the "Browse" button above and select an image from your hard drive. Please only select gifs or jpegs. If you have any problems, please contact us.

  

facebook like arrowLike ThriftyFun on Facebook

Browse Topics

Over 80,000 tips, recipes, questions & crafts.

Ask a Question

Submit a question to the TF community.

Subscribe to ThriftyFun Newsletters!

Email: