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Is My Grass Dead or Dormant? Check the Crown
Iowa State: most lawns survive 4 to 6 weeks dormant. Illinois warns that breaking dormancy drains reserves — so half-watering a brown lawn is the worst choice.
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Seasonal Lawn Care
What should I be doing to my lawn this month?
Almost every expensive lawn mistake is a timing mistake. These guides break the year into what actually needs doing, when, for your climate and grass type.
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Winter Lawn Care: The Damage Happens in February
Penn State: crown hydration is the most common and destructive winter injury, and it happens in late winter after thawing and freezing — not in the deep cold.
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Summer Lawn Care: What Helps and What Hurts
Summer lawn care inverts by grass type: feeding a warm-season lawn is routine; feeding a cool-season lawn is the classic mistake.
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Fall Lawn Care: What to Do, and in What Order
Fall lawn care is the one season when doing more genuinely pays — for cool-season grass. On a warm-season lawn, autumn is mostly about stopping.
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Spring Lawn Care: Do Less, and Do It Later
Most spring lawn damage is done in March by people being helpful. Spring lawn care runs on soil temperature, not the calendar — and the order matters.
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My lawn was flooded — can it be saved, and what do I do first?
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Seasonal lawn reminders, on time
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