Some thatch is good for your lawn.

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Fall is a great time to restore your lawn before winter to prepare it for successful spring growth. Before you spread grass seed, you may need to take a rake to your lawn to remove the brown layer of ...

Dethatching can be performed with a manual or powered rake, or a rotary broom. (StatePoint) Dethatching your lawn has numerous benefits. But if you’re not sure what dethatching is or how to do it, you ...

When is the best time to dethatch your lawn? You may have heard that dethatching is important to keep your lawn thriving, but you might not know exactly what it is or what the process entails. Simply ...

Homeowners generally assume that raking the leaves off their lawn is a necessary fall maintenance task — but is that actually true? Well … it depends. Raking leaves does offer a number of advantages, ...

Core aeration is an important maintenance task for maintaining a lawn and I prefer it over power raking. A power rake is a machine with rotating tines that mechanically lift and remove thatch, which ...

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A layer of dead organic material on your lawn, called thatch, is great in moderation. A thin layer of thatch acts as a buffer that keeps the soil moist, regulates its temperature, and adds nutrients ...