By Lesley Barker
Once you invest in a new lawn, keeping it beautiful becomes a priority. While none of the tasks related in maintaining a new lawn are difficult, it takes discipline and consistency to produce the results you want. By careful testing, mowing, raking, and aerating your new lawn, it should continue to look really good for many years. Keep the soil beneath your new lawn at a neutral pH of between...
By Amber Keefer
Longer days and greener grass are both signs that the start of another lawn-mowing season is just around the corner. Depending on the area in which you live, and the weather conditions throughout the winter, you may have to begin mowing as early as March. It's work, but the reward is a lush, green lawn. How you mow, and how often you mow can make the difference between your lawn being the...
By Malcolm Tatum
Lawn sweepers do for the yard what carpet sweepers do for the floors in the home. In fact, they work much in the same way. And like carpet sweepers, a lawn sweeper will require some type of repair from time to time. For this reason, it is important to know how to make minor repairs when your lawn sweeper doesn't work properly. Here are some basic tips on how to check and fix minor issues...
By Amber Keefer
An edger is a lawn tool used to give a neat, finished appearance along the border of a lawn or paved surface such as a concrete sidewalk. Edging tools are handy for creating attractive lawn and garden borders by cutting straight edges. Edgers make landscaping and lawn care easier because they can reach areas where a lawnmower can't. Although manual edgers are fairly easy to use, an electric...
By Lindsay Champion
If you want clean, crisp edges where your lawn stops and your sidewalk or driveway starts, a lawn edger is the best solution. There are several lawn edgers available, ranging from small manual edgers that work like manual push mowers, and larger motorized edgers that use gas power. It is recommended that you purchase a manual edger if you own a house with an average-sized lawn. If you have large...