As most people realize, whether you have a walk-behind mower or a riding version, Lawn mowers are expensive pieces of kit. For this reason, it is important to ensure the oil is always topped up to the correct level to help keep the engine in good working order as well as to prolong its life. …
5 Lawn Mowing Patterns Techniques
Are you looking to change up your lawn mowing routine into something more fun and aesthetically appealing? You’ve seen all those gorgeous photos of perfectly mowed lawns with striped, checkered, or spiral patterns, and you wish you could have that same look on your own property. Lawn mowing patterns might seem difficult to create, but …
Can You Mow Over Leaves? (Why You Should Mulch Leaves)
Tree leaves on the lawn can become a breeding ground for harmful insects and diseases such as fungus and grass rust. The leaves can also smother the grass by depriving it of light and oxygen. So, can you mow over leaves? Yes, you can mow over leaves to shred them into tiny pieces that will …
10 Ways to Stop Skunks from Digging Up Lawn
Did you wake up to see some massive damage in the yard? Does it look as if someone attacked it overnight? If your lawn got torn up into little clumps, it might be the result of skunks digging for grubs. Any keen gardener who has dealt with these little pests knows they are challenging to …
7 Ways to Make Grass Thicker and Fuller
Let’s be honest here – we all want a thick vivacious lawn full of green grasses. But how do we get one? Maintaining a lawn is not a joke and requires a lot of time, effort, and of course, investment. Sometimes even if you feel that you’ve done everything you needed to do, you might …
What to Do If Your Weed Eater Won’t Start?
Possible reasons why your cordless weed eater or gas weed eater won’t start working can be numerous, but usually, they are connected with worn out or battered parts of the engine. When facing the problem with the unit you can’t start, always begin the inspection from the most apparent causes. Let’s see the most common issues with starting the …
Crabgrass Identification – Types and Pictures
Crabgrass is a drought-tolerant annual weed that often emerges in early summer, and it thrives during the hot weather. It remains active in the lawn throughout the year until frost sets in. As the name suggests, the grass has creeping stems which root freely at the nodes to make it look like a crab. At …
How to Get Rid of Tree Saplings in Lawn?
Keeping your lawn healthy and lush is a job that requires a lot of work. You need to know about overseeding, watering, mowing, fertilizing, weed control and more – and the last thing you want to have to deal with is an invasion of tree saplings. If trees begin shooting up in your lawn, they are …
Scotts vs. Pennington Grass Seed: Which is Better?
Having a nice lawn is such a pleasure. You can rest your eyes on the verdant grassy field, walk barefoot on the cool blades of grass, enjoy the bragging rights when talking about lawn care with your neighbors. But, caring for the lawn is not a joke. It requires quite a lot of knowledge and …
18 Tips to Get Rid of Weeds In the Lawn
Can you eliminate weeds from your lawn? Well, no. But can you control them? Absolutely yes! And the process, in theory, is fairly simple – maintain your lawn in such a way that it prefers plant growth more than weeds. But it’s easier said than done! Here, in this post, we’ll discuss 18 tips to …