Ideally, the sharper your mower blade is the better. Blades that are really dull tend to hack at the grass leaving frayed ends that can turn brown, or worse, invite disease because of the large wound site created at the end of each blade of grass. A sharp blade produces a much cleaner cut. If [...]
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Tree Rings and Turf
A landscape always looks more manicured if the line between different elements of the landscape is defined. For example, in the picture at right there is little distinction between the ring around the tree and the lawn. When dealing with turf in a circumference around trees, using a cement ring probably is not the best [...]
Starting a Lawn: Seed versus Sod
At face value, seed is much less expensive then sod, but sod is much easier to deal with then seed. If you decide to plant grass seed and grow your own lawn it will usually be cheaper, but you will have to put up with the issues that a sod farmer deals with when he [...]
Lawn Care: Part One
A Longer Lawn is a Lower Maintenance Lawn The basic idea: A lawn will be lower maintenance when it is cut at higher mow heights, such as 3 or more inches high (about 7-8 centimeters). Longer lawns crowd out weeds better, drink less water, require less fertilizer, have fewer insect and disease problems, actually [...]
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