Chumasande MatiwaneWho knew grass clippings could be used to nourish your plants? The amount of grass clippings you produce by mowing your lawn can have great beneficial compounds for your other plants.
By using your grass clippings you can keep your plants growing healthy. So don’t get rid of the clippings instead do the following:
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Add to your compost
Leaving longer clippings lying around will harm rather than help your lawn, blocking off sunlight and choking the living grass.
Rake them up and collect them where they’ll soon rot down and produce a nourishing compost to benefit all your other plants. Added to that, layer your clippings with other organic material from your garden such as prunings or chipped twigs. Keep everything organic to benefit your plants.
Use as Mulch
Mulching is a great way of protecting plants from the elements, maintaining soil moisture in dry conditions, and helping to keep weeds under control. Turn your grass into an excellent organic mulch by drying the clippings first and then spreading it over the soil surface around the plants you want to protect.
You can continue adding the grass mulch throughout the season and even into winter for continuous protection.
Make a grass liquid feed
Instead of buying expensive liquid feeds and fertilisers, you can make your own from grass clippings. Making organic liquid fertiliser out of grass clippings is an easy way to use the nutrients in your garden. Just put the cut grass in a large bucket and cover it with water. Allow this to mix for a few days or a week then use it for nutrients in your garden.
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Sustainable gardening means making the most of everything you have available. Grass clippings are way too valuable to throw. So next time when mowing your lawn, remember to keep grass clippings to benefit your garden.
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