Evening star., 1933-08-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

Let careless heals scraps along. how.
ever, and the fins srowths are removed
almost like moss. This. at least. ha!
been our sxperiencs with all so-called
During this month appears their
tendency TO show large brown pstches
It seems - II very heavy rains literally
wash them out. practically combing the
thin blades. ~ II one had held . heavy
stream Of water horizontally along the
surface Of the soil.
The smateur lawn builder (he Is
perpetuslly at IT. u faced during
August with the problem OF what to do
with the near-base patches.
Should hs put In seed now, or wait
until the latter part Of the month, or
first Of September, the orthodox time
for Fall sowing2
II occurs to W that he might try
both times, II quite sure that he will
keep his records straight-that Is, know
where he puts ssed now. and check up
Instead of waiting for the cooler
ing some Of the worst places. In an
effort to get them covered up by Sep
tember Is, at the latest.
Il things 60 well. and his new blades
are kept wen wstered. he viii not have
so much reseeding to do In the Fall.
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Mention should be made again Of
those fortunate persons who drew
hardy varieties Of grass In the first
place. They do nothing to their lawns
and yet have fairly good grass. They
are inclind to believe, therefore, - the
result Of their negligence. that the
householder who Is forever "fooling
around" over his lawn Il rather silly.
We have said that special care In
lawn making follows special care. He
who waters will have to continue to
water. II he fertilizes he will find him.
self under the necessity of keeping up
his fertilization. Grass. as other living
things, grows pampered. 1t might
seem that no pampering. then. would
be the solution. but 1t Is not that easy.
One finds lawn already established,
after Q fashion. It appears Q good av-
erags swsrd. but In time 1t degenerates.
One tries to fix 1t up. and half sue
ceeds. The alternative, II one Is dis
satisfied. is to dig the whole thing up
and start over again, either with Q
complete reseedins or . sodding. One
prefers TO 60 along q best one can.
4uete CAu ~ uttle oOuUt my utOIe
Of the sdvisability OF Autumn lawn
making, not that 1t Is 10 much better
than Spring, after all, but mainly be-
cause 1t secures half years start.
With any approach to a normal sea-
son, the new grass will get good start,
and establish enough root growth to
remain fairly green all Winter.
This Is desirable.
There are too many lawns, good all
Summer, which nevertheless turn to q
disagreeable brown or even gray color
from November to May.
The June grass" which such lawns
sport all Summer Is much too thick to
do away with. but 1t can be supple
mented In early Fall with other varie-
| ties, 90 that the grass, as o whole. re-
tains some vestiges of color during the
cold season.
One must admit that this Is . treat
ment for Q pampered lawn, but so many
lawns are psmpered nowadays!
In the meantime, bare spots. and
especially brown patches, caused by the
excessive heat following a heavy rain,
should be kept sprinkled lightly, not
enough to keep them sopping, which is
one OF the troubles In the first place,
but Just enough to make up for the
thinness caused by guttering and heat.