7 tips to take care of garden lawns during Rainy season monsoons

 From soil over flowing and making the pathway muddy to insects and tiny creatures making space within the grass puddles there is some care required for open lawns during rainy season , monsoons. Soon rains will begin and our garden lawns become a mess. We need to be prepared to care for the beautiful lush green lawns with some useful tips.

Many are now opting for artificial lawns that are plastic based but they do not give any grounding energy and I truly am in favor of natural plants always! The artificial lawns have prickly plastic spikes and do not give comfort while walking barefoot. 

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Sharing some practical Important Lawn Care Tips During Rainy season Monsoons-

1) It is advisable to prepare before hand and many people get shades installed for garden to protect plants and lawn from heavy down pour. You can also have a swing with shade that gives protection from rain and allows you to enjoy the greens during monsoons.

2) Temporary plastic covers can also be added as the ones in cricket or soccer fields. This is messy but prevents direct rain water from destroying your lawns.

3) If you wish to keep the lawns open for the greens take extra precautions before onset of monsoon to apply stones, rocks, side ways to stop the mud and soil from over flowing to the pathway. For this you need not spend a lot, rocks used or construction purposes also can be kept as lining the side way of the lawn except that be careful while using the lawn and if you have small children and pets around, take extra care to prevent accidental trips.

4) Before beginning of monsoon trim the lawn so that it does not grow like wild immediately with the first showers. This is another task as lawns grow profusely with grass growing uncontrollably. Irregular patterns start forming with fast grass growth and also weeds start coming up. 

5) The most important one, small puddles of water can form with heavy rains and which gives home to many slimy, tiny, creatures and frogs, fishes and what not. Even snakes start to come during monsoons so keep the lawn neat and trimmed down. 

Before monsoon fill all small holes, depressions in soil and any empty spaces that can be home to puddles of water.

6) Avoid any accumulation of water in your lawn during monsoon as this start breeding of mosquitoes, flies and many insects that spread diseases. This is a serious health hazard and needs utmost care while having gardens. 

7) If you have a water feature in the center of the lawn ,remember it is bound to over flow during heavy down pour. So take the extra precautions to keep it clean and healthy. Here you can also add up few rocks by lining the surrounding surface of the water well, feature  to allow water to go deeper inside the soil instead of spreading to the whole lawn. Or give it a pathway to go to the side of the lawn into the drains. Redirect rain water to other sources or under water drains. 

Take care of your green lawns during rainy season and prevent soil from flowing away. Also you can add rocky soil and some hard rocks before monsoon so that it will allow water to seep in rather than let it flow away side ways.

All the Best from Rizwana, enjoy the down pour!

Happy Gardening! 

I do not sell plants, gardening is my passion! I am a professional reiki healing artist making and selling art since year 2000 only from razarts.