When the first warm breeze rolls through, and your lawn begins to green up, it is tempting to tackle every yard task at once. Early spring feels like a fresh start, and dethatching often lands high on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the plants, trees, and shrubs in your landscape, the lawn is the most demanding feature, requiring constant maintenance ...

Dethatching is the process of removing thatch from the lawn. Thatch is a combination of organic and inorganic matter that builds up over the topmost layer of your grass. It generally consists of ...

If your lawn feels spongy underfoot when you walk across it in May, the problem is almost always thatch. A thin layer of dead ...

Thatch is one of those words you hear thrown around at garden centres without ever being told what it is, why it forms, or ...

Dr. James Beard’s Turfgrass Encyclopedia defines thatch “as an intermingled organic layer of dead and living shoots, stems, and roots of grasses that develops between the turf canopy of green ...

To avoid this common lawn care mistake, plant cool season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass and red fescue in northern states.