Be cautious of your lawn even during the winter

After that last fall cut, leaf clean up, and hopefully fertilization you get a break from taking care of your lawn. Many people love those four to five months off from cutting and maintaining their lawns. There are some things that people should be aware of during those winter months when the snow starts falling. A lot of people use several different types of salts to try and keep their drive ways and walk ways from freezing so they won’t have the hazards of slipping and falling. One thing to be cautious about when using your preferred type of salt is to make sure to keep it away from your lawn. There are several chemicals in those products that can and will harm your lawn. It is very tricky since when you are worrying about keeping your drive way and walk ways clear of ice, you are not really conscious of your lawn at that point. Many people use the same spreader for their salt as they do for their fertilizer, which are the ones that spread the salt/fertilizer over a wide area. This is not the best way of applying salt to those areas. This is true because you don’t have the best control over where the salt actually gets applied even though it is the most preferred way to apply the salt. When applying salt in the future try and use the spreaders that just drop the salt straight down or even using your hands to apply it since this way you will have control over where the salt lands and will not harm your lawn.