Lawn Maintenance

Lawn Maintenance Calendar

Spring

• March and April: Rake up leaves and debris in yard.
• Sharpen mower blade.
• May: Apply broadleaf herbicide.

Summer

• Water correctly: Soak lawn 6 to 8 inches deep. Sandy soils take 30 minutes. For clay soils, it could take a couple of hours.
• If you plan to kill off your lawn, August is a good time to do it.

Fall

• Mulch leafs on lawn with mower.
• Aerate soil – getting air down to the roots.
• Apply pre-emergent herbicide to prevent growth of annual bluegrass and chickweed.

Winter

• Maintain your mower – drain the oil and gasoline and change the filter.

Fixing Brown or Bald Spots

Small Patch

• Clean up dead grass with a rake, trowel or shovel.
• Scrape the grown grass or poke holes in it.
• Lightly scatter seed.
• Water.

Large Patch

• Loosen edges of the brown patch using a shovel.
• Dig up the dead grass. You could use a device called a sod cutter to help.
• Till the soil.
• Rake remaining debris, grass and soil to even out the surface.
• Lay sod by first starting along an edge.
• Butt the ends together.
• Cut off any excess using a knife.
• Roll out any bumps.
• Water sod to help it establish a good root system.