Lawn Care Techniques
Ideas, instruction and methodology behind various lawn care techniques including mowing, edging, sodding and fertilizing.
Manage a drought stricken lawn by creating healthy turf, using water management, proper cultural practices and drought tolerant grasses.
Tips for mowing the lawn.
One of the most important aspects of lawn care is mowing height.
Watering in fertilizer with rain. Timing fertilizing with rainfall. How much to water in fertilizer.
A low maintenance lawn won't have the perfect appearance of a highly manicured lawn, but what's lost in appearance is made up for in time and money saved.
What makes striping on a lawn. How it is achieved professionally. Can it be done at home?
What is frost? How does it affect a lawn? What to do when there's frost on the lawn.
If you have an old spreader and are unsure about it's settings, calibrate it. It's important to know how much of a product you're putting out to avoid over or under applying. This article from the University of Rhode Island-Landscape Horticulture Program explains how to calibrate a basic drop spreader.
