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Aerate Your Lawn 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
To get your lawn off to a good start in the spring, it is a good idea to aerate it. This increases air and water circulation in the lawn. The best way to go about aerating your lawn is to rent a mech...
Sod Storage 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Try to schedule your sod delivery when you are ready for installation. Sod is a living thing. If sod is left laying around for too long, it will die. For best results, sod should be put down within 24...
Drought-Proof Your Lawn 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Here are some tips to drought-proof your lawn before summers heat sets in: *Dethatch your lawn and reduce compaction of the soil. *Reduce or eliminate nitrogen fertilizers. Try to use potassium base...
Sod and Trees 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Sod is often regarded as a cure-all for bare or troubled lawn areas. However, the one area where sod does not work well is under trees as filler. Sod requires more water than it would receive under a...
Control Lawn Weeds 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The best thing you can do to control weeds is to not cut your lawn too short. Weeds love really short grass. When grass is clipped very short, the sun can easily penetrate the soil. Weed seeds will s...
Chinch Bugs and Lawns 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Chinch Bugs are tiny (from about the size of a pin head to 1/5 inch for adults) and they are extremely difficult to see in the lawn. Often they ruin a lawn completely before their presence is known. T...
Armyworms and Lawns 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Armyworms chew grass blades along the edges, giving the lawn a ragged appearance. In severe infestations, the lawn can be chewed almost to the bare ground. The worms are up to one and a half inches i...
Dollar Spot and Lawns 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Dollar Spot first shows up as brown spots in the lawn which vary in size from a fraction of an inch to approximately three inches in diameter. Left unchecked, the spots become so numerous that they jo...
Fusarium Blight and Lawns 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
This disease is most likely to occur in areas of the lawn that are exposed to long hours of direct sunlight, especially on sloped areas. It does not occur in heavily shaded lawns. Fusarium Blight fir...
Leaf Spot and Lawns 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
In spring and fall, if you notice small, oblong, black lesions with a tan center on your grass, it is probably Leaf Spot. As the disease progresses, the lesions run together which causes the grass bla...
