LAWN CARE SIMPLIFIED - A Safe and Natural Approachtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16042062011-11-01T11:32:23-07:00A fresh look at natural / organic lawn careTypePadLawnCareSimplified-SafeAndNaturallyhttp://feedburner.google.comLate Fall Winterizer for Lawns - Why, When and Howtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc28833015392bc656e970b2011-11-01T11:32:23-07:002011-11-01T11:32:23-07:00The term "winterizer" has been used to promote various fall lawn applications on Northern grasses for some 30 years. It has been used by many to sell all sorts of fertilizer blends for applications timed from early late August through late November. Since Cornell says that the Lawn Winterizer is the 3rd most important fertilizing of the year, it is...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/11/late-fall-winterizer-for-lawns-why-when-and-how.htmlTry LIQUID Aeration This Fall tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc288330133f3856e66970b2011-08-28T04:45:00-07:002011-08-28T04:28:45-07:00Lawn experts advise homeowners to have their lawns aerated with a "coring" or "plugging" machine, so lawns or roots can "breathe". It sounds like a good idea (unless your lawn is already too thin), and looks impressive when done, but does this practice alone actually provide any real long-term benefit or real change to your soil or lawn? Does the...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/08/try-liquid-aeration-this-fall.htmlWhy All-In-One for Lawns is Superior to Any Liquid Fertilizertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc2883301543493ce74970c2011-08-16T12:45:26-07:002011-08-16T12:45:26-07:00In case you haven’t heard, we here at Nature’s Lawn and Garden have put out a new product. It’s called All-In-One for Lawns and not to brag, but it’s pretty much the ultimate solution to a natural, healthy lawn. That means it’s superior to any liquid fertilizer on the market. Why? Because it is a liquid fertilizer—but so much more!...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/08/all-in-one-for-lawns-is-superior.htmlAll About Thatchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-484076362011-07-12T08:55:00-07:002011-07-12T08:08:31-07:00Contrary to what most people believe, thatch is not simply grass clippings that aren't decomposing. Clippings can add to a thatch problem once the problem exists, but generally, clippings are very beneficial to the lawn when you have a healthy, bioactive soil. They decompose and recycle in as little as two weeks and help provide nutrients and organic matter. Thatch...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/07/all-about-thatc.htmlUnderstanding Snow Moldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc2883301310fb1918c970c2011-04-14T08:00:00-07:002011-04-12T11:47:59-07:00After the snow melts, you may find that your lawn is riddled with circles or patches of dead looking grass. It will look grey, tan, white or even pink. It could be that the grass is dead due to extremely severe winter conditions, or late fall damage by Grubs or Crane Fly larve, but it is more likely that you...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/04/handling-snow-mold.htmlEarly Spring Lawn Tipstag:typepad.com,2003:post-470412362011-04-07T07:07:00-07:002011-04-07T06:12:56-07:00Many grass types go dormant over the winter months. Eventually they wake up and lawn season begins anew. A few days of warm weather and sunshine in the Northern states give us hope that Spring has finally arrived. We know that a lot of you are biting at the bit when it comes to your lawn and garden. But, if...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2011/04/early-spring-la.htmlHow To Use a Hose-end Sprayertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc288330120a5b21465970b2009-10-03T05:21:00-07:002010-04-04T07:39:36-07:00How To Use a Hose-End Sprayer Hose-end sprayers are a great tool for spraying liquid garden products. You need to know a little bit about how they work or you will undoubtedly have a problem with over or under-applying your products. A hose-end sprayer is simply a tool that siphons out products from a bottle and mixes the product with...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2009/10/how-to-use-a-hoseend-sprayer.htmlSpot Seeding - Make your own Grass Patchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc288330120a52975d2970c2009-09-20T19:43:05-07:002011-08-17T10:51:51-07:00Make Your Own Grass Patch Before stores started selling grass patching products in a bag, groundskeepers at golf courses made up their own mixture and used it to fill in divots and bare spots. I do the same thing for my own yard and so do many landscapers. It is very quick and easy to make and use, and it...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2009/09/make-your-own-grass-patch.htmlEarly Fall Lawn Tipstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550fd7dc288330120a5387989970b2009-09-01T05:01:22-07:002009-09-01T05:00:51-07:00LAWN SEASON BEGINS IN THE FALL While many homeowners think of fall as the end of the gardening year and begin to neglect their yards, lawn pros and organic gardeners see the fall as the beginning of lawn season, and do what they can to improve the lawn and soil quality at this time. In the fall, especially in the...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2009/09/early-fall-lawn-tips.htmlAll About Crabgrasstag:typepad.com,2003:post-645131552009-03-28T20:53:25-07:002011-08-05T13:01:46-07:00Crabgrass is one of the most commonly mis-identified lawn weeds. Lawn novices tend to call any thick-bladed grass, that is standing out in their otherwise fine bladed lawn, crabgrass. But sometimes the thicker bladed grass is just another lawn grass variety that was planted on a neighbor’s lawn or in the park around the corner. In the photo below we...Stuart Franklinhttp://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/2009/03/all-about-crabgrass.html