LAWN RENOVATION

  
Video of Lawn Renovation completed in Fall 2011

  
Same lawn 3 weeks later:

Thick thatch creates bare spots in a lawn

While surveying older problem lawns, we usually find a thick thatch layer contributing to many of the lawn's problems. These thatch layers often measure over one-inch in depth. While lawn aeration, liming and dethatching will help prevent this sort of undesirable thatch layer from developing, we've found these super-thick thatch layers should be removed with a sod cutter. Starting a new lawn from bare soil completely eliminates the existing thatch problem and allows for planting of all new and improved turfgrass varieties.

The next spring after a Fall lawn renovation
on a shady lawn in Mt Lebanon, Pa.

Alternatives to a major lawn renovation

For those clients who desire less costly measures, we can offer suggestions for making more gradual improvements to your home lawn. But whichever way you decide to go, it's very important to work with nature while performing any successful lawn improvement program, and that means either the Spring or Fall in Pennsylvania.

While desire seems to run much higher for this sort of activity in the Spring, we still recommend Fall as being the best season for success. September is the best lawn improvement month in Pennsylvania. Contact us today for an evaluation of any lawn in our service area. 

'STRAW-BROWN ALL WINTER'
One of our top requests for lawn renovation comes from homeowners who want to get rid of invasive Zoysia grass, due to its straw brown (dormant) coloration through much of the year in Pennsylvania

FALL LAWN RENOVATIONS ARE BEST!
Renovating a lawn in September, at the best time of the year for lawn renovations, can bring this sort of result.

Recommendations for growing a new lawn in the shade include setting your lawnmower for a 2½" to 3" high cut so the grass blades can intercept more light.

Thick lawns also help fight weeds!
  

Lawn pages:

• September is for lawns

• planting new lawns

• watering lawns

• mowing

• fertilizing grass

• aerations

• sod installation

• sprinklers for lawns

• thatching

• cool season grass

• warm season grass

• growing lawn under trees