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Raking Leaves - Fall Lawn Care Maintenance

Raking leaves is a vital part of fall lawn care maintenance.

It's a chore you either love or hate, but nevertheless, it's an important one that you shouldn't ignore.

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How can I get my lawn back on track?

Dear Jim: Help! My lawn is more weeds than grass! It started as Bermuda grass, and I won’t go into detail about how and why it has deteriorated—only

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Fall Lawn Care Assessment

Fall is a great time to look back over the season that has past with thoughts of how to remedy problem areas on our lawns that happened over the summer.

While we can't control the weather, we certainly can impact other environmental issues that affect our lawns.

So, have a good look at your growing environment, drainage, shade, irrigation, high traffic areas, with thoughts of how to improve any of these for a better lawn next year.

What Does Crabgrass Look Like - Crabgrass Identification

What does crabgrass look like? Crabgrass identification is the first step in dealing with this stubborn lawn problem.

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Crabgrass Explosion

We're seeing an explosion of crabgrass on home lawns here in Ontario.

Due to the dormant grass in August, followed by heavy rains and high temperatures.

Make note of the areas you see it on your lawn now, to treat it in your spring lawn care maintenance.

Getting Corn gluten down in early spring will be your best bet.

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Summer Lawn Care

Our summer lawn care tips give you the advice you'll need to adjust to the hot, dry, conditions of summer and how they affect your lawncare maintenance.

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Best Early Spring Lawn Care Advice

It's time for the spring lawn care regime. Get tips and advice on the right garden rake and general spring clean up techniques.

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Soil Evaluation

Soil evaluation is the first step in the process of having a healthy lawn.

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Raking Leaves

Raking leaves in the fall is an important part of good lawn maintenance. Find out why here.

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Pythium Blight Known As Grease Spot

Known as pythium blight or grease spot, it's one of several fungal diseases that can attack our lawns during high temperatures in the summer.

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Powdery Mildew Lawn Grass Disease

Powdery mildew, one of several fungal diseases that infects the blades of grass, leaving a white powder-like patch.

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Plantain Recipes

Here's an interesting collection of plantain recipes to try for both medicinal use as well as something different from the kitchen.

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Plantain Leaves For Medicinal Use

Plantain leaves and plantain seeds have many useful medicinal herbal uses.

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Lawn Soil Preparation

The first step to a healthy lawn is the lawn soil preparation itself. A good foundation means years of easier lawn maintenance.

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Lawn Diseases - Fungal Diseases. Maybe It's Both

Improper care breeds lawn diseases that are caused by fungal diseases on your lawn.

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Lawn Care Forum

Welcome to our organic lawn care forum, It's our social networking community of sharing our best questions, answers, photos, and ideas about lawn care maintenance and lawn care problems.

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Fairy Ring - The Mystery of Lawn Diseases

Appearing as a dead grass circle within a dark grass and mushroom ring, fairy ring is one of many fungus lawn diseases.

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My Cordless Electric Lawn Mower Review

Should you get the affordable Black and Decker CM1836 electric lawn mower? My lawn electric lawn mower review says yes! Here's why.

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Dollar Spot - One Of Several Lawn Fungal Diseases

Dollar Spot is one of several fungal diseases that severely damages lawns if left unattended.

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Dandelion Coffee Recipe

Dandelion coffee is an excellent caffeine free coffee substitute that tastes very similar to regular coffee. Try this recipe.

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Creamed Spinach Recipe

Substitute plantain leaves in this creamed spinach recipe for truly unique wild cooking treat.

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Crabgrass Killer

Our best organic crabgrass killer methods and recommendations. With a little work and know how, you'll be enjoying a healthy, crabgrass free lawn again.

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Corn Gluten Weed Control - Natural Lawn Weed Control

Corn gluten weed control in the form of corn gluten meal, is mother nature's own 100% organic weed inhibitor.

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Brown Patch Lawn Disease - One of Several Lawn Diseases

Brown patch lawn disease is one of several lawn diseases. It forms rather large brownish-gray spots with wet looking edges.

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Broadleaf Plantain

The plantain weed, commonly known as broadleaf plantain, is actually a perennial herb that provides us with many medicinal and culinary uses, despite being a despised lawn weed.

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Spotty Lawn Overseeding

Hi Jim - Most of my lawn is doing quite well, but directly before the front porch (an area of approx 1200 sq ft), it's a disaster. As part of my spring

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Fall Lawn Care Renovation

How do I manage crabgrass and nutsedge during late summer for a fall lawn care renovation

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Nectrotic Ring In These Prime Weather Conditions

We're again advising you to be on the look out for Necrotic Ring/Summer Patch on your lawn.

With the thunderstorms and heat wave we've been experiencing here in most of Southern Ontario, Canada, the lawns are pretty stressed.

The drought conditions along with the earlier wet spring are prime factors for the emergence of Necrotic Ring - also known as Summer Patch Disease.

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Pythium Blight And Heat Waves

We're in a heat wave here in the Kawartha's of Ontario. Add record low rainfall to the mix and above normal night time temperatures, and you've got some pretty stressful conditions for our home lawns.

Home lawn turf that's not equipped with automatic watering, is going into dormancy in many areas. Due to the high heat, even irrigated lawns are under stress.

Brown patch is active on the lawn now, as well as Pythium blight. With the forecase of continuing heat, humidity, and thunder storms, it's a perfect environment for it.

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Watch For Summer Patch

Be on the look out for Summer Patch or Necrotic Ring Fungus on your lawn.

Recent hot, humid conditions, along with thunderstorms, make the perfect environment for it.

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