{"id":529,"date":"2013-04-07T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T23:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/?p=529"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:59:09","slug":"lawn-care-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/lawn-care-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn Care 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Step 1: Raking the Lawn<\/h1>\n

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Ready to start!<\/p><\/div>April 7, 2013 – Rake, rake rake! I like to rake the lawn in the Spring, as much for cleaning the remaining dead leaves as thatching the dead grass. The instant gratification is that the lawn startes looking green! My scheme is to rake out the lawn, then spread lime pellets to adjust the pH and then spread some grass seed, hopefully getting a few days of rain between the lime and the seeding. The raking should clear out some of the dead grass as well as scrape the soil underneath making it more receptive to the lime and seeding. Plan to spend hours raking though on a sunny spring day, the work will go fast!
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