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What can you do to make sure you can enjoy the beauty of a well-manicured lawn without raking, sweeping or collecting grass clippings? The answer: mulching.
What is mulching?
Mulching is adding a protective layer over soil to help with a variety of lawn maintenance concerns, including moisture retention and weed prevention.
When you mulch with a...
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It looked great last spring, so what's going on?
It looked great last spring
Your lawn area looked great last spring. It looked pretty good going into summer. Then all of a sudden, in August or early September, spots started appearing. Some...
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Every year it's the same story: The lawn starts out looking great. Then the bugs and fungus hit, and by the Fourth of July, that once-lush-and-lovely lawn looks like a war zone. But it doesn...
Arm yourself
Every year it's the same story: The lawn starts out looking great. Then the bugs and fungus hit, and by the Fourth of July, that once-lush-and-lovely lawn looks like a war zone....
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Mow in a different direction each time to avoid compacting the soil.
Radio interview source: Rodney St. John, Turfgrass Specialist, Kansas State University
Mowing season is here, and so is the monotony of back and forth, back and forth. You don't like that, and...
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Finding more than 10 to 12 grubs per square foot of lawn? Time to take action!
Scout for grubs
Battling grubs in the lawn can be a real challenge every year. If you find yourself losing that battle, you may have to re-seed your entire yard because those hungry little pests...
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Once you find a sinkhole, there's a tendency it is widespread. Bob Libra, a geologist for the State of Iowa, tells us how to recognize them.
Radio interview source: Bob Libra, geologist, State of Iowa
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It can strike suddenly after centuries of hiding, and will...