Unfortunately when a drought hits watering your yard is quickly banned to save water.  If grass doesn’t get at least an inch of water per week it begins to die back.  My lawn and yard service can cure all these problems for you, but there are a few tricks to keep your grass looking as healthy as possible during these times.

Adding Microbial Soil Agents will help your lawn endure by providing fungal spores which modifies the soil to allow it to retain moisture.  It also acts as an insulator like when you add hay to your vegetable garden.

Stopping the use of fertilizers during this time is also essential.  We don’t want to encourage the grass to grow too much because growth requires water.  Growing slower will also encourage hardier growth which will benefit the plant in the long run.

Keeping a rain barrel or water butt allows you to store water for a non rainy day.  It’s quite easy to set one up so your gutters feed into it to give you the most water possible.  You can then use it sparingly on your lawn at dusk.

As I said in a previous post, letting your grass grow that little bit longer will enable it to grow its roots.  This will allow access to any water underground within reach of the root.  Cutting the grass short with severely limit the roots reach.

These methods won’t work miracles, but in my experience they will help to keep your lawn looking beautiful whatever the weather.