MANUFACTURERS
OF YARDBUDDY® AERATORS AND PULVERIZER EQUIPMENT..
HOW BIG IS YOUR STEP?
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY FEET ARE IN YOUR WALKING STRIDE SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE THE SQUARE FEET IN YOUR YARD. ( YOU NEED TO KNOW THE SQUARE FEET BECAUSE SOIL AMENDMENTS USUALLY TELL YOU TO SPREAD SO MANY POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT OR HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.)
WALK THROUGH ANY GARDEN CENTER AND READ SOME LABELS. YOU WILL FIND A VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONS. ONE BAG PER 500 SQUARE FEET, 25# BAG COVERS 2500 SQUARE FEET, 10# PER SQUARE FOOT, 20 # PER 1000 SQUARE FEET. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RESULTS OF A SOIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS AND KNOW YOUR SOIL TYPE BEFORE GOING TO BUY LIME OR FERTILIZER.
DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES REQUIRE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF LIME TO RAISE THE SOIL pH, and you may not even need fertilizer!
PICK DEFINED SECTIONS OF YOUR YARD AND WALK THEM OFF, LENGTH BY WIDTH. FOR INSTANCE, THE AREA FROM SIDEWALK TO DRIVEWAY, OR SIDE YARD FENCE TO DRIVEWAY, OR FROM STREET TO FRONT OF HOUSE.
IF YOU HAVE A THREE FOOT STRIDE, AND YOU WALK A RECTANGLE THIRTY PACES BY TEN PACES YOU HAVE AN AREA OF 2700 SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP A LITTLE JOURNAL NOTEBOOK OF YOUR YARD DIMENSIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE A REFERENCE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FERTILIZER AND GRASS SEED TO BUY. YOU COULD ALSO NOTE WHAT YOU ADD, HOW MUCH AND WHEN AND MAYBE EVEN THE BRAND. JUST FOR FUTURE USE.
YOU COULD EVEN NOTE THE SETTINGS YOU USE FOR EACH PRODUCT. MEMORIES SOMETIMES CONFUSE THE ISSUE.
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