Starting a Lawn

	SCIENCE

	EDUCATION
	Starting a Lawn

		Are Lawns a Waste Of Time and Money

		Avoiding New Lawn Failures

		Advice on Creating a Low Maintenance Lawn

		Soil Preparation for a Beautiful Lawn

	Improving a Lawn

	Turfgrass Pests

	Watering

	Fertilizing

	FAQs

	Mowing



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Starting a Lawn

		Are Lawns a Waste Of Time and Money Turfgrass is more than just an eye-appealing, home lawn feature. It’s essential to parks and playgrounds, golf courses and sports fields and to improve commercial property. Anti-Turfgrass Statements: * 23 million acres of grass in the U.S. is too much grass! * $25 billion spent on lawns annually is excessive! * Lawncare takes too much of our time, we’re slaves to grass! The Real Grass Facts Read More...

		Avoiding New Lawn Failures Hopes are high for a beautiful new lawn after you’ve spent the time, money and energy to plant that seed or lay the sod. But reality doesn’t always deliver on that hope and what was a daydream becomes a nightmare. Read More...

Advice on Creating a Low Maintenance Lawn What a wonderful world it would be if we could discover the lawn grass that stayed green year-round, never had to be watered, fertilized, or sprayed and only occasionally mowed. While the cruel side of Mother Nature probably won’t ever allow such a thing to happen, there is a lot that we can do now to come closer to that low maintenance lawn. Read More...

		Soil Preparation for a Beautiful Lawn There is no better time to enhance lawn's ultimate beauty and success than by improving the soil before any planting takes place. Benefits of Proper and Complete Soil Preparation Improved Uniformity Increased Density Faster Recovery From Wear Reduced Use of Water, Fertilizer & Chemicals Reduced Maintenance Read More...