Best Lime for Lawns (2026): 4 Picks by Soil Test Result
The best lime for a lawn is the type and amount your soil test asks for. If the test calls...
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Practical digging, planting, and tool advice from the Spear Head Spade family. Real techniques, honest comparisons, no fluff.
18 guides on lawn
The 5 Best Lawn Leveling Rakes (2026)
The best lawn leveling rake for most lawns up to about 5,000 square feet is the Gardease 30 x 10...
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The Best Reel Mowers (2026): 6 Push Mowers for Small Lawns, Chosen by Job
The best reel mower for most small lawns is the Scotts 2000-20S: 20 inches, five blades, 1 to 3 inch...
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The Best Grass Seed for Shade (2026): 6 Picks by How Much Shade You Have
The best grass seed for shade, for most shady lawns with 4 to 6 hours of sun, is Pennington Smart...
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The 6 Best Lawn Aerators for Compacted Soil (2026)
The best lawn aerator for most home lawns is the Agri-Fab 48 in tow behind plug aerator: 32 galvanized knives...
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Best Landscape Edging Ideas: 13 Materials Compared, from Metal to Stone (2026)
The best landscape edging for most flower beds and lawn borders is steel, and the choice within steel comes down...
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The 6 Best Lawn Sweepers (2026)
A lawn sweeper clears leaves, clippings, and pine needles with geared brushes and no engine at all. Six picks, tow-behind...
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The 6 Best Fertilizer Spreaders for Lawns and Seed (2026)
A broadcast spreader with a side shield is the right buy for almost every home lawn, and the Scotts EdgeGuard...
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The 6 Best Mole and Vole Repellents and Traps (2026)
Moles eat grubs and worms and never touch a bulb. Voles eat the bulbs, so diagnose the damage before you...
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The 5 Best Lawn Dethatchers (2026): Manual Rakes, Electric, and Tow-Behind
Most lawns do not need dethatching, and the plug test tells you in two minutes. For the ones that do,...
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The 6 Best Lawn Edgers (2026): Manual, Cordless, and Gas
Bed edges and hard edges are two different jobs. A sharp spade cuts the line and lifts the wedge in...
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How to Level a Yard by Hand: Low Spots, Bumps, Bare Dirt, and Slopes
Level a lawn by topdressing with sand and compost, no more than half an inch per pass, worked in with...
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The Best Leaf Vacuum Mulchers and Leaf Shredders (2026)
A leaf vacuum mulcher is a finishing tool, not a rake replacement. It wins in beds, on gravel, and in...
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The 8 Best Leaf Blowers of 2026: Cordless, Gas and Corded
Eight leaf blowers for eight real jobs, six cordless plus one gas and one corded, with a plain explanation of...
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How to Remove Sod and Grass by Hand (and by Machine)
The four ways to take grass out of a new bed, with the timeline and the failure mode for each....
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The 5 Best Fall Lawn Fertilizers (2026)
Fall is the lawn feeding that pays twice: deeper roots now and a faster green-up in spring. Here is what...
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How to Aerate Your Lawn by Hand (and the Best Aerators)
Core, not spike, and fall, not summer. How to tell whether your lawn needs aerating, the step-by-step for doing it...
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Garden Edging: How to Cut and Keep a Clean Bed Edge
A clean edge is the fastest way to make a garden look cared for. Beds can be half weeded and...
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