Enough with the small talk I'm diving right in this one. Right now is a perfect time to start planning next years lawn. What I like to do around this time is core aeration. What that is, is a machine that goes over your lawn punching six inch tubes into the soil. Whats left behind are these 3 to 4 inch plugs of soil.  The main purpose for core aeration is to get oxygen to the roots of your grass. Which helps the deterioration of thatch, which helps water get to those roots, which makes those roots go deeper. Deeper roots means healthier lawn. I've found over the years that deeper, thicker roots helps with the prevention of weeds. Now this is just me and my lawn, the Scotts man down the road will tell you otherwise but then again he is trying to sell a product. After aeration I like to apply a winterizer, usually in mid October. The final step to my fall lawn shut down is to put this baby asleep with about 80LBS of pelletized lime. 80LBS seems to work fine for me, I'm working with 5000 sq. ft.I usually apply this about 4-6 weeks after my winterizer. The lime will balance the PH level of your soil after a season worth of applying all the nitrates that come along with regular fertilizing. I'm the only guy out in mid November with my spreader, but than I'm usually the only guy out in March mowing my grass too. Now of course that has to do with the warm winters we have had the past few years. Now reading this creates a lot of questions, I understand, I can answer some I suggest staying on this here interweb and doing some lawn care searches on your favorite search engine. Until next time...
Thanks for reading my blog and hope to see you all at the first show in 16 years. September 25th at The Sterling Hotel in Allentown, PA.
Stay Green!
Kev