How to Keep Crab Grass and yard weeds Out of Your Yard

Explains how to keep crab grass and yard weeds out of your yard.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Crab grass and yard weeds can and will grow any where there is soil or dirt,if allowed too.Crab grass and weeds when in or around your lawn takes nutrients and the sun away from what you want there the most,which is a nice lawn.Below I will mention how to keep crab grass and yard weeds away.

2. To keep the yard weeds and crab grass out of your lawn without using chemicles is to find the areas that have the most crab grass and weeds,bring a leaf bag,bucket of water with you or your garden hose and spray the area where the crab grass and weeds are,this will make the soil softer so you can pull those unwanted weeds and grass out.then put the weeds and crab grass in the bag.Because if you just threw those weeds and crab in another part of your yard,when the weeds and crab grass dry out,the seeds will fall off and grow in that part of your yard.

3. When you have pulled out those weeds and crab grass,loosen up the soil,sprinkle a lot of grass seed where the weeds were and then water.The more grass seed you sprinkle,the thicker that part of the lawn will be.The new grass will grow.When it is time to cut your lawn,don't cut your lawn too short,because if you cut your lawn short and there are bare spots of dirt in your lawn.Most likely crab grass and weeds will grow again.

4. Crab grass and weeds like lots of sun and when those areas in your lawn are full of nice thick grass.The sun will not shine down to the dirt and the crab grass and yard weeds will not grow.

Tips & Warnings

• The best time to grow grass is in the fall,this way when spring comes again all the grass in your yard will grow in all at once.

[mvalora]

on 10/6/2009 Good tips on how to deal with crab grass and weeds. It seems like a never ending job sometimes.

[xivyisazombiex]

on 10/5/2009 I will try these tips to rid my lawn of crab grass.