Time to go green with early spring lawn care

Spring is wonderful, as the sun rises earlier each day and the birds welcome us to the day even before the sun comes up.

Hopefully, you did some work on your lawn in late fall as it is important to keep mowing your lawn right until freeze up, so the lawn does not go into winter too long.

This spring gave us a lot of snow mold, so ensure if you have sensitivities or allergies you do that first raking with a respirator and shower as soon as you are done.

Excessively deep thatch of the grass cool, helps to eliminate moisture loss through evaporation, protects the crown during seasonal changes and cushions the crown against wear and tear.

When plants are deprived of oxygen in the root zone layer they do not grow at their optimum rate.

If you are using conventional fertilizer then your lawns should be fertilized three times throughout the growing season, with applications made about six weeks apart.

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