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The Science of Snow: How Snow Cover Protects Your Grass
You’ll want to think of a modest 2–4 inch snow blanket as a warming layer, not just a nuisance, because it insulates crowns and roots, keeping soil near freezing rather than swinging through damaging thaw–freeze cycles; this steadier temperature and slow melt soaks...
Lawn Renovation Planning: Mapping Your Spring Project
Start by walking your yard with a clipboard, sketching sun and shade zones, bare patches, and high-traffic routes so you can label exact areas to test, aerate, dethatch, overseed, or sod, then collect 10–20 soil cores by zone for a lab test to guide lime and...
Winter Color: Pansies, Violas, and Cold-Hardy Annuals
Plant pansies, violas, and other cold‑hardy annuals in early to mid‑fall, once days cool but before hard freezes, so roots can grow into loosened, well‑drained soil; space plants about 4–6 inches for drifts or containers, tuck spring bulbs 4–6 inches deep beneath them...
Vole Damage Under Snow: Identifying Runway Patterns
You’ll spot vole runways after snowmelt as narrow, 1–2 inch U‑shaped surface tunnels and neatly matted or clipped grass that criss‑cross lawns, leading to small entrance holes and often fresh, rice‑shaped droppings; the key is that these are open, shallow tracks with...
The Compost Pile in Winter: Does Decomposition Stop?
Your compost doesn’t stop working in winter, it just slows: microbes and cold-tolerant fungi keep nibbling in an insulated core, tiny critters hang out in unfrozen pockets, and a well-sized pile can stay warm inside. Now, do this: keep piles about 3×3×3 ft or larger,...
Overseeding Warm-Season Lawns: Winter Ryegrass for Year-Round Green
You’ll want to overseed warm‑season turf with perennial ryegrass in early fall, when nights dip to the mid‑50s, so you get winter green without wrecking Bermuda. Do this: mow low and scalp a bit, core‑aerate if compacted, scarify bare spots, spread 8–10 lb/1,000 sq ft...