A lush and healthy lawn is one of the most beautiful and calming sights to behold. Golf courses for example make their money by maintaining a natural clean environment for Golfers to play in. Even if you have never played golf in your life you must still enjoy seeing such a green and healthy course in its prime.
A well manicured lawn has many benefits aside from just looking great. Grass provides oxygen for us to breathe while absorbing carbon dioxide. Did you know that it takes only 625 square feet of grass to supply a human being with sufficient oxygen for one day? It’s pretty amazing stuff. An average residential lawn is approximately 5000 square feet. This can provide eight people with their daily oxygen supply. Just to give you a comparison, it would take about two 100 foot tall trees to produce the same amount of oxygen.
A healthy lawn also helps to maintain a cooler climate. In the summer time when it’s hot you can feel the difference between a asphalt driveway and a green lawn. A lawn can maintain a 75 °F temperature while a road may be around 100 °F. Therefore eight front lawns could cool as much as about 70 tonnes of air conditioning or roughly enough to cool up to 23 homes. Grass also provides a natural barrier for sound absorbing loud surrounding noise. A great advantage in the city when compared to parking lot. Grass roots provide excellent soil binders. While a typical dirt hillside may wash out in a rainstorm grass roots hold it together like a knit blanket preventing erosion. Grass also works like a air filter absorbing dust and debris from blowing around loosely.
Well maintained lawns are always nice to relax in during the summer. Have a BBQ and sit outside in a nice reclining chair catching some rays absorbing all that vitamin D from the sun. It encourages us to stay outside and relax and can help to relieve stress. It has been said that some patients in hospitals heal faster after an operation when they have a room with a nice view of a landscape. It can also add value to your home. A green lush lawn is always an appealing feature to future home buyers. So with all these benefits you can’t help but be encouraged to take care of your lawn.
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