Lawn Maintenance
Instruction and methodology for maintaining an established lawn. Implementing maintenance practices for watering, seeding, soil and drainage. Preparing lawns for winter.
Lawn Maintenance Routines
Lawn maintenance is a key factor in a healthy, beautiful lawn. Simply put, a lawn cannot really survive on it's own, it needs your help. It can be as much or as little as desired, the results will be reflected in the lawn.
Fall Lawn Overseeding
Fall is the best time to overseed a lawn or repair thin or bare areas.
Preparing for Winter
Winter in the north can be long and harsh. It is important to properly prepare a lawn for winter as well as the tools and equipment used to care for it.
The Importance of Lawn Aeration
Aerating a lawn is the process of breaking up the surface of the lawn to better allow oxygen, nutrients and water to penetrate into the root zone.
Managing a Small Lawn
How to manage a small, urban lawn
Spring Lawn Care
Spring lawn care tips. Early spring lawn care to get a lawn ready for summer.
Mow the Lawn Like a Pro
Mowing the lawn, mowing tips, mowing techniques, safety issues. Types of mowers and mower gallery.
Spring is the Best Time to De-thatch a Lawn
De-thatching a lawn removes excess thatch and severs stolons and rhizomes, encouraging new growth.
The Basics of Watering Lawn
Exploring lawn water requirements, water supply and usage. How often, when and how to irrigate a lawn. Conserving water.
Sometimes Clumping is Unavoidable
Conditions are rarely perfect and sometimes circumstances demand that we mow the lawn anyway. This may result in clumping.
Help My Lawn! - August Edition
The lawn is brown and dried-up. The only thing green is the crabgrass, which will soon over-take the whole lawn.
How to Analyze Your Lawn Profile
How to cut into your lawn and look at the profile of root zone, thatch and grass. What to look for and how to react to the findings.
Reduce Watering in the Fall
Water less in the fall, reduce watering time, decrease frequency of watering.
Winter kill on lawns
What causes winter kill. Conditions that contribute to winter lawn damage.
Winter Lawn Care Tips
Advice for getting a lawn through winter.
Fall Lawn Care Checklist
Fall checklist. Autumn lawn care program. What needs to be done before winter
Overseeding Lawns With Warm-Season Grasses
When warm-season grasses go dormant in the winter, the lawn can be overseeded with a cool season grass to maintain a green lawn. About.com's Guide to Landscaping, David Beaulieu explains.
Tips on Fertilizing Lawns
David Beaulieu, About.com's Guide to Landscaping, offers fertilizing tips based on the popular Scotts 4-Step Program. A basic fertilizer program for easy lawn maintenance from spring to fall.
Aerating Your Lawn
Aerating you lawn is part of a complete lawn care program. This article from the Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension answers all the basic aerating questions.