How to Use a Lawn Soil Test Kit to Improve Your Lawn
Fertilizing your lawn is an important ritual for every homeowner that takes pride in a lush, green, and healthy landscape. It gives your lawn the
Lawn Maintenance
How to Maintain Your Established Lawn
Once you have a yard that you love, proper lawn maintenance is the next step toward backyard bliss.
On this page I’ve collected some of my favorite guides and articles that will provide information and inspiration to help you care for and maintain your lawn with the lowest possible amount of effort and expense.
The good news is a healthy lawn will maintain itself with minimal time and resources from you. Spread a pre-emergent in the spring, provide enough water and nutrients, and mow at the proper height and you’re good to go.
For me, proper lawn care starts every spring with a lab-based soil test. This gives you the benchmark of where your soil stands, what it needs, and what it doesn’t to thrive for the growing season. It’s the best investment you can make each year in your lawn.
I use and recommend the MySoil test kit. It’s high-quality, easy to use, and gives you a slick online dashboard where you can view your results and recommendations.
The test will explain deficiencies and imbalances in your lawn’s soil and your results explain the exact fertilizer ratio and soil amendments you need to use for your lawn to thrive.
You can buy it directly from the manufacturer, or you can purchase it on Amazon.
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Explore the articles below to learn more about the steps you can take to maintain a healthy lawn to enjoy for years to come.
Important Skills to Maintain Your Lawn
Best practices, tips, and tricks to level up your lawn maintenance skills and help your lawn pop all year long!
What’s the Best Time to Mow Your Lawn?
Many homeowners mow the lawn when they can and may not give much thought to whether they’re causing damage by doing this task at the
What Height Should I Cut My Grass for a Healthy Lawn?
Even experienced homeowners who have mowed their lawns for years may ask themselves “What height should I cut my grass for best results and a
Lawn Mowing Patterns Techniques, Tips and Tricks
Let’s be honest … mowing the lawn can become such a monotonous chore. This is especially true if you’re finding that you have to mow
Lawn Edging: The Ultimate Guide
Lawn edging is a surprisingly simple task that (when done properly) will set your lawn apart from many others. Having untidy edges to your yard
How to Keep Lawn Edges Neat and Tidy
Tidy edges give any lawn or garden space a crisp and well-maintained appearance. You get a lot of bang for your buck when you put
How to Cut Lawn Edges Quickly and Accurately
We’ve all seen that one neighbor out there edging his or her yard. They have fresh, flawless sharp lines at the edges of their grass.
How Often to Mow Lawn in Spring, Summer, Fall?
Mowing your lawn regularly is an important part of maintaining a healthy lawn. Regular mowing can help your lawn look clean, beautiful, and healthy. While
Your Lawn's Irrigation Needs, Explained
Here you’ll find some basic information about how to effectively water your lawn. I recommend using a rain gauge or an app to determine how much natural irrigation mother nature is providing to your lawn each week before you turn on the sprinklers.
Most established lawns need about 1 inch of irrigation per week to maintain their health and color.
If there’s no rain in the forecast two 1/2″ deep waterings are better than light daily irrigation. Deep watering encourages deep root growth and a more resilient lawn.
Maintaining Your Mower
One of the key tools for maintaining your lawn is your mower. Maintaining it is critical to its performance, and 30 minutes of annual maintenance can probably save you a lot of time and money in expensive service charges. These articles are a great place to learn the ropes.
Wondering What Motor Oil to Use in My Lawn Mower?
Much like your car engine, your lawn mower engine requires important tune ups and maintenance. This will keep your mower running well and save you
Wondering How Often to Change Lawn Mower Oil?
Many new homeowners may not consider the maintenance requirements of a gas-powered lawn mower. However, their engine – much like a car engine – does
Where is the Carburetor on a Lawn Mower? (every mower)
Do you need to do some troubleshooting or maintenance with your lawn mower? If so, you’ve probably wondered where the carburetor is on a lawn
Tips for Starting a Lawn Mower with Old Gas
When you think of things that get old and start to go bad, you tend to think about food products. One thing that probably does
Spring Lawn Mower Maintenance Checklist
As a new season of lawn maintenance begins, there are certain spring lawn mower maintenance projects everyone can undertake. You don’t need a background in
Riding Mower Attachments (what to own, what to avoid)
If you have a riding mower you probably either own attachments or are considering purchasing some. In today’s article I’ll talk about some of the
Lawn Mower Winter Storage Tips
Have a lawnmower and winter is approaching? If you’re wondering what steps you need to take to properly winterize your mower so it starts up
How to Start a Lawn Mower That Has Been Sitting
So your lawn mower has been stored in the shed or garage all winter long. Now you’re having trouble getting it started and you’re wondering
How to Service a Lawn Mower
A lawn mower is an essential piece of equipment when caring for your lawn. Like all machinery, it may need service and maintenance in order
How to Put Oil in a Lawn Mower (Step-by-Step)
Putting new oil in your lawn mower is an essential task. If you’re a new homeowner or just have never had to do this before,
How to Change Oil in Lawnmower
Not changing your lawnmower’s oil can result in poor performance from your mower, and it could even prevent your lawn mower from working all together. In this article I’ll list the tools you need, teach you the steps involved, and cover different types of mower engines so you’re ready to change your oil quickly and easily.
Do Lawn Mowers Take Regular Gas? (what I use instead)
Like most engine-powered vehicles, lawn mowers need gas in order to run properly. However, lawn mower engines and car engines work a little differently. Keep
What Readers Are Saying
Some recent reader comments on the blog
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