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    • Lawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental Asset
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        • Know Your Lawn
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        • Do Less
        • Use Alternatives
      • Advanced care
        • Feeding
        • Soil Compaction
        • Thatch
        • Salt & Dog Urine
        • Disease
        • Insects and animals
        • Weeds
      • Starting Fresh
        • Plan Ahead
        • Choose Seed
        • Prepare Seedbed
        • Plant
      • Closing notes
        • Love A Good Lawn
        • Lawn Service
        • Contacts
        • References
        • Acknowledgements
        • Please Share Feedback!
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Lawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental Asset
HomeLawnLawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental AssetStarting Fresh

Starting Fresh

  • Plan Ahead
  • Choose Seed
  • Prepare Seedbed
  • Plant

First follow the four steps to success and evaluate advance care needs. If after 1 or 2 growing seasons your lawn is still weak with more than 50 percent weeds, then you might consider the time and resource consuming process of lawn renovation.

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