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The Basics Mowing: Mow your lawn on you lawn mowers highest setting. No less than 3 inches. Grass this height promotes a healthy root system. 3 inch tall grass also shades out many weeds and helps prevent them from growing. Also, keep your lawn mower sharp. Sharp blades cut while dull blades tear. Torn grass tops are more prone to browning from the sun and disease. Watering: One inch of water a week is all your lawn really needs to flourish. It’s how you water that makes the difference. You should water only once a week. Frequent watering trains the roots to grow on the surface instead of growing deep. Water in 2 cycles. The first cycle water for 15-30 minutes each zone. This primes the soil to soak up the next watering cycle. An hour later, water each zone for the appropriate additional time to make an inch of watering. If you are establishing a new lawn, water slightly each day for two weeks. Adding nutrients: The best advice I can give is to have your soil tested. Your yard is different from your neighbors as far as Ph balance and soil makeup. A “one-stop-shop” treatment will not yield good results. Your local agricultural extension agent (they have them in big cities too) can guide you to the best testing source in your area. Once you have the ingredients of your existing soil, that same extension agent can guide you on what to add or subtract to get the best results. Weeding: Buy a comfortable handled garden trowel and/or a long handled weed puller. The combined cost of these tools will still be cheaper than the bags of chemicals you would have bought. Useful links: Here’s a link from the Wall Street Journal on making your lawn organic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAxbHmr3AH8&NR=1 Organic Lawn care from Howdini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xyRtbBie6U http://www.richsoil.com/lawn-care.jsp http://www.organiclawncaretips.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAxbHmr3AH8&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xyRtbBie6Uhttp://www.richsoil.com/lawn-care.jsphttp://www.organiclawncaretips.comshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3