This is a land with plants such as grass which is kept as a short height for recreational and aesthetic purposes. The grass may be artificial natural such as the golf course turf, artificial turf or sod.
Types of Lawn and Turf
- Buffalo lawn - Buffalo grass grows well and it is easy to maintain. It normally causes irritation to the skin.
- Zoysia Lawn - Zoysia lawn is tolerant to salt, drought and heat. It is advisable to plant zoysia grass because it requires less fertilizer and lawn mowing.
- Queensland Blue Lawn - It provides high quality lawn at home. It does well in high humidity and heat making it one of the lawns that looks fresh most days of the year.
- Couch lawn - Couch grass is cheap and durable. The lawn requires occasional maintenance and fertilizing to ensure the grass is fresh looking and green.
- Kikuyu lawn - Kikuyu grass is named after a popular Kenyan ethic group. The grass is adaptable to humidity, heat and does well in poor soil types.
Benefits
- Lawn provides and satisfies a family recreation needs.
- They provide a decorative nature making them welcoming.
- They prevent soil erosion and water runoff to the nearby streams.
- Turf prevents air pollution by trapping smoke and dust particles.
- Turf provides a good landscape which offers a good spot for the sport centers such as the gold courses.
Tips
- Ensure the blades are sharp enough for clean cuts when mowing the lawn.
- Don’t cut the grass too short because growing grass requires plenty of water and herbicides thus making maintenance expensive.
- Mow when the grass is dry. Wet lawns compact the soil preventing the roots from breathing.
- Leave the cut grass on the lawn to act as mulch and fertilizer when they decompose.
- Water the lawn deeply but once in a while.
- Be careful when choosing herbicides to eliminate weed from the lawn.