Caring for your grass can be a time consuming task and you may not always want to have to do it, but the fact is it has to be done in order to keep your grass lawn looking fresh and clean. There are a number of steps you can take to keep you grass looking its best throughout the growing season.

One step you can take to keeping your grass properly maintained is by cutting and trimming properly. One of the most important things to keep in mind when cutting your grass is the length. How long or how short you leave it will depend on a few factors including the average temperatures during the day time, and the amount of average rainfall that can be expected during the current part of the season.

The first few weeks of spring are an important time for grass because this is when it is coming out of dormancy from the winter months. This is an important time because it is the period when the grass is restarting the growing process and regenerating energy that it lost over the winter. Typically you'll want to leave it grown and not cut it until it has had enough time to grow to a pretty good length, at least 3 inches or so. It is at this point that you can perform the first cut of the season. Since the spring and fall seasons usually bring mild temperatures and higher amounts of rainfall, you can afford to cut the grass a little shorter than you would during the summer. Since there are higher amounts of rainfall, the shorter grass blades can still get the amount of water that they need even though there is less blade surface area to catch water.

The summer months bring warmer temperatures and drier climates with little rainfall so it is important to keep the grass a little longer during these months. Leaving the grass longer will allow more blade surface area, and a better chance to collect moisture whether from occasional rainfall or moisture from the night air. Cutting the grass too short can result in "burning" which occurs when the heat and sunlight scorches the grass so much that it dries up and turns brown. This is very common during the summer months and eventually the grass turns green again when the wetter seasons return.

Fertilizer and grass feed can be used during the spring season to help boost the growing power of the grass in order to develop large, healthy blades capable of capturing lots of water, which in turn helps strengthen the grass as a whole. If you are going to use fertilizer, be sure to water the grass frequently if no rain is expected in order to prevent the grass from being burned by the fertilizer.

Trimming is also an important step in maintaining your lawn. Weed trimmers are great tools for getting to those small spaces where lawnmowers can't get. Really, the only thing to keep in mind about trimming is not to cut the grass too short and be aware of the surroundings in which you are cutting. You wouldn't want to cut something down that wasn't meant to be cut down.

Following these few simple tips will help you maintain your grass and provide you with a great looking, healthy lawn.