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Mowing Your Lawn
Mowing your lawn properly is one of the easiest things you can do to improve the look and health of your lawn.  Here are a couple of key points that many people tend to neglect. Proper mowing will make a good lawn look better, improper mowing can ruin a good lawn in just a few weeks.

The most important point to remember is to keep the mower blades sharp.  Nothing defaces grass more quickly than a dull mower.  If the blade is not sharp it will tear the grass instead of cutting it.  This not only allows diseases to enter but will make the tip of the leaf blade turn brown which in turn can make your whole lawn look brown.

Never take more than 1/3 of the leaf blade off at one given time.  If you take more than 1/3 off the leaf blade it; puts the plant under stress, makes it more susceptible to diseases, and can thin the lawn over time. Be sure not to let your lawn grow so tall that it falls over, for it will be difficult to mow and it will smother itself out.  We recommend mowing of Kentucky Bluegrasses at 2 1/4 inches tall but no lower than 1 1/2 inches and not over 3 inches high. You can determine the height of your mower blade by placing it on a driveway or sidewalk, and measuring the distance between the blade and the sidewalk.

We do not just mow our home lawns on that special given day once a week.  We check to see how much the grass has grown and mow accordingly.  By keeping an eye on this you’ll rarely have to rake clippings which can smother a lawn.  This also means that you may not need to mow as much in the dry summer time because it does not grow as quickly.

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