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A lawn that gets used, played on, run across by dogs, and set up with backyard games and gatherings, wears differently than a lawn that mostly just gets looked at. That is not a bad thing. A well-used lawn is doing exactly what most Maine homeowners want it to do. But high-traffic areas need a...

Grubs are the larval stage of beetles, most commonly Japanese beetles and June beetles in Maine, and they are one of the few lawn problems that can cause serious damage in a very short window if they go unnoticed. Unlike fungal disease or nutrient deficiencies, which tend to develop gradually and give homeowners time to...

Fall is the single most important season for lawn care in Maine, more important than spring for most of the work that actually determines how your lawn looks next year. Cool nights, warm soil, and steady rainfall create ideal growing conditions for cool-season grasses like fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, and perennial ryegrass, the same species that...

Most Maine lawns thin out over time even with reasonable care, since winter stress, summer heat, foot traffic, and the occasional patch of grub or disease damage all take a toll year after year. Overseeding, the practice of planting new grass seed directly into existing turf rather than starting over from bare soil, is the...

Weeds are not really a separate problem from lawn health, they are a symptom of it. Nearly every common weed in a Maine lawn shows up because conditions in that spot, whether it is soil compaction, low pH, thin turf, or poor drainage, favor the weed over the grass. That means the most effective long-term...

Most lawn care advice, whether it is about fertilizer, weeds, or watering, assumes a baseline of decent soil. In Maine, that assumption often does not hold. Much of the state’s soil, including throughout Hancock County and the greater Bucksport region, runs naturally acidic, and that single characteristic quietly undermines a lot of otherwise correct lawn...

Finding out grubs have already damaged a section of lawn is frustrating, but the good news is that grub damage, unlike some lawn problems, is very repairable when addressed with the right sequence of steps. The larvae feed on roots, not on the soil itself, which means the underlying ground is usually still workable even...