Hello Everyone! Welcome to the spring that never sprung! I’ve never aerated lawns in a parka before ! The upside of our chilly spring is a longer time to get corn gluten meal down. It’s a little past the optimum time to apply but you can still achieve some pre-emergent action on part of the [...]

Fall is the most important season of organic lawn care. All those microbes that are being applied love the cooler temperature. Their populations will increase greatly and breakdown lots of nutrients for your lawn’s consumption next spring. These microbes will also work to relieve soil conditions that cause weeds. To apply microbes in the fall [...]

August is a tough month for turf grasses. Typically hot and dry, late summer weather stresses grass if it doesn’t outright kill it. Long deep weekly waterings will keep it alive yet dormant. August is also an excellent time to apply corn gluten meal for fall weed control. Be certain you are not going to [...]

There isn’t much to do in these months. If your lawn is really hurting (yellowed, or not very green at all) you could do a fertilizer application at about half strength as long as the temperatures aren’t unseasonably hot. Too much fertilizer at this time of year is a bad thing. The hottest part of [...]

Is there an organic equivalent to the chemical crabgrass preventer that are usually put down in April or May?
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Welcome to the April edition of my e-newsletter. Last month I said you would learn about corn and tea…

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