How Close to Cut Grass Before Winter?
As a homeowner, you know that you shouldn’t mow your grass before winter the same way you did it during summer. As a rule of thumb, you shouldn’t cut your grass too short for the winter. The last few cuts…
How to Winterize Your Lawnmower
You won’t be using your lawn mower much during winter. Once you are done with mowing during the active summer months, it can be easy to simply put your lawnmower away and wait until spring comes around, but this isn’t…
Ways to Fix a Waterlogged Lawn
To fix a waterlogged lawn, aerate compacted soil with a garden fork, check and improve your drainage system, remove surface debris, apply a slow-release phosphorus fertilizer, level low-lying spots with topsoil, limit foot traffic, and keep grass 3–4 inches tall…
Tricks to Keep Your Lawn Healthy During Winter
Even though lawns take up the majority of backyards and are an essential component of the house, many homeowners ignore them, especially during winter. During this time, many homeowners have the impression that the lawns need less maintenance because the…
How to Prepare Your Lawn for Spring and Winter
Finishing up your lawn ensures a yard looks beautiful in the upcoming seasons. Besides keeping your lawn in pristine condition, other aspects of a garden need maintenance come summer’s end. You must take care of the trees, bushes, flowers, and…
3 Ways to Make Mowing Less Boring
While lawn mowing can be exhausting, it can be satisfying and enjoyable when you approach it with the right mindset. To help you out, here are ways to make your mowing less boring and, in fact, be something that you…
Will Lime Kill Moss?
If you have been having moss on your lawn, you must have been told to apply lime on it to get rid of it, right? As a curious person, you must be wondering, will lime kill moss? Well, the truth…
What is the Best Way to Get Rid of Moss?
Moss growing in lawns is a frequent homeowner’s plight, especially for those who take pride in having a flawless stretch of turf in their plot. If you have Moss in your lawn, the grass doesn’t have the conditions to thrive…
How to Bring Your Dying Lawn Back to Life
Three years ago I inherited a lawn that looked like it had been given up on. The previous owner had let it go entirely for at least two seasons: bare patches covering a third of the yard, soil so compacted…
How to Scarify Your Lawn
A lush, healthy lawn requires more than regular mowing and watering. Over time, a layer of dead stems, roots, and organic debris accumulates between the living grass and the soil surface. Left unchecked, this layer — called thatch —…