There are loads of lawncare and gardening tasks you can accomplish in just five minutes. So, give your physical and mental health a boost, while giving your landscape some love. By turning these quick tasks into something more than mere chores, your mood and your yard will thank you for it.
5-minute garden and lawncare
- Pull a few weeds. Not many. No need to tackle the whole shebang right now. Repeat this step, next time you have five minutes, and the time after that. You'll see a difference before you know it.
- Turn on your sprinklers. Then take a walk around the yard to make sure they're all working properly. After all, your lawn needs more than sporadic rain to thrive.
- Turn off your sprinklers. What goes on, must go off. If you noticed any sprinklers that weren't working before, now's the time to diagnose the problem, and put it on a list of things to fix.
- Mulch a tree bed. Sure, you could do all your mulching at once, but if you've only got a few minutes, open one bag of mulch and tackle a single tree. In the course of a few days, you'll have them all mulched.
- Plant some flowers. Take one small tray of annuals and plant in a ready bed, lickety-split.
- Take garden pictures. There's no better way to track what grows well where. A few photos and notes on sunshine coverage can help you put your best garden forward, year after year.
- Turn your compost pile. Compost makes great fertilizer for lawn and garden. Five minutes turning the pile with a pitchfork or shovel, and you're well on your way to fertilizer-free heaven.
Last but not least, turn a few cartwheels. While this step isn't required, why else would you have a beautiful lawn, if not to play in it?
