Lawn Care

Your lawn needs just as much love as any garden. These lawn care tips will help you maintain a healthy yard, from grass and soil, to mowing and fertilizing.
Stone walkway made in sections of three interrupted by buffalo grass and other short plants.
What to Know About Buffalo Grass: A Low-Maintenance Lawn Option
Planting Grass Seed on hard dirt
How to Plant Grass Seed on Hard Dirt and Get It to Grow
Land with good soil, tractor in backdrop.
Soil vs. Dirt: What's the Difference?
Mushrooms in grass
How to Get Rid of Lawn Mushrooms
Best Lawn Care Services
Best Lawn Care Services
Lawn Roller
Lawn Rolling: What It Is and Should You Do It
Bermuda grass bordering concrete.
How to Kill Bermuda Grass in 5 Different Ways
how much is a yard of dirt
How Much Is a Yard of Dirt? Cost, Coverage Area and More
Grass blades in lawn backlit.
How to Winterize Your Lawn to Keep It Healthy
storing a snowblower for spring
How to Store a Snowblower the Right Way
Lawn mowing
When to Stop Mowing the Lawn for Winter
Large pile of autumn leaves in a large backyard with trees in the background
How to Rake Leaves the Quick and Easy Way
Patchy Lawn
When to Reseed Your Lawn
Fertilizer
4 Types of Fertilizer and How to Choose One
Clover lawn
What to Know About Clover Lawns
How to Winterize a Lawnmower
How to Winterize a Lawnmower
Applying lawn fertilizer
How Often Should You Fertilize Your Lawn?
Seeding a New Lawn
A Guide to Fertilizing a New Lawn
Dandelion bloom closeup.
What Kills Weeds Permanently?
A half mowed lawn
How to Mow a Lawn
Gas Powered Lawn Mower Oil
The Best Type of Oil for a Lawn Mower
Fertilizing lawn
Can You Over-Fertilize Your Lawn?
Fertilizing lawn
What Do Lawn Fertilizer Numbers Mean?
lawn fertilizing
The Best Time of Day to Fertilize Your Lawn
Person laying sod grass.
9 Types of Sod for Your Lawn and How to Choose One
Mow Lawn
How Often Should You Mow Your Lawn?
Striped lawn mowing pattern
7 Common Lawn Mowing Patterns and When to Use Them
Lawn fertilizer being spread across lawn
How to Apply Lawn Fertilizer
Neatly edged grass lawn next to mulch bed with white flowers and shovel
How to Edge a Lawn
Shredded bark placed around planted flowers as mulch in garden
How to Mulch Your Yard and Garden
Moist fertilizer being applied to dried grass lawn closeup
How to Fix an Over-Fertilized Lawn
Rotating yellow sprinkler watering grass lawn
How Long Should I Water My Lawn?
Young lettuce plants with black rubber irrigation hose
Guide to Drip Irrigation Systems
Home with foundation planting
When to Fertilize a Lawn
Patch of dog vomit slime mold.
What to Know About Slime Mold on Grass
Lawn mower in garden
How to Troubleshoot Issues With Your Lawnmower
Cypress mulch covering ground
Is Cypress Mulch Good or Bad?
partially hydroseeded lawn
What Is Hydroseeding and When Is it Beneficial?
Wet grass blades in front of sit-down lawn mower
Reasons Why Mowing Wet Grass Is a Bad Idea
Close-Up Of Lawn Mower On Field
Battery Powered vs. Gas Lawn Mowers
Person filing a mower blade to sharpen it.
How to Safely Sharpen Lawn Mower Blades
Crabgrass herbicide
How to Kill Crabgrass
Wild violet plant in lawn with deep purple flower and bud
How to Get Rid of Wild Violets in Your Lawn
lawn with wooden bench in the evening
Leveling Out an Uneven Lawn
Lawn topdressing with soil amendment and straw
The Benefits of Topdressing Your Lawn
Lawn surrounded by border planting, The Lowes Garden, The Coach House, Haslemere, Surrey, UK
Tips for Growing a Green Lawn
Bulk fertilizer
Should You Use Weed and Feed? Weed and Feed 101
person spraying dish soap solution on moss
How Dish Soap Can Kill Unwanted Moss in Your Lawn
Yellow wheelbarrow with removed grass for garden bed
Replacing Grass With a Garden Bed
Perennial ryegrass with short green blades in lawn
Perennial Ryegrass: Pros and Cons Compared
Shady spot on grass
The Best Grass for Shade
Yellow flannel bush (Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'). Mixed fescue meadow.
What Is Fescue Grass?
House front lawn with crab grass and clover weeds
Quackgrass vs Crabgrass
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) foraging on lawn
How to Spot a Grub Problem: Birds and Animals Digging in Your Lawn
Hand and earthworm
Earthworms in the Lawn: Pests With Benefits
Lawn grub in soil
How to Prevent and Deal With Lawn Grubs
Black lawn mower with cleaned yellow air filter and cover removed
How to Clean a Lawn Mower Air Filter
Palm of hand with lawn seed
How to Fix Patchy Grass and Bare Spots in Your Lawn
Properly installed drain profile
How to Install Drainage in a Lawn
Person holding handful of soil
Choose Compost Carefully When Topdressing the Lawn
green lawn
When to Use Lime as a Soil Amendment for Your Lawn
Lawn fertilizer being poured into mower
When to Fertilize the Lawn in Spring
Close-Up Of Green Grass Growing On Field
The Function of Potassium in Lawn Fertilizers
Patches of snow on green grass in winter
How and Why Your Grass Died Over Winter

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