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Lawn Mower Guide Tip #1 – Beware of Craftsman Here’s a good lawn mower guide tip when buying new. Once in your life, you will end up taking care of a lawn, and that means you will be owning a lawn mower. These little 2 stroke machines are genius inventions, but lately, they are built with cheaper alloys, plugs and plastic. This means they break down faster if you don’t buy the right one or take care of your cheaper built one. This article will reflect buying the right lawn mower. If you are a homeowner, you really should pay attention to this article. We used to buy Craftsman lawnmowers from Sears. 20 years ago, this meant that a lawnmower would run for at least 10 years if you changed the plugs and oil regularly. The investment was a good one because a $400 lawnmower would pay for itself quickly. Now, when you buy a Craftsman, you would be lucky if the lawnmower lasted 2 years. Especially with a commercial company such as ourselves whom mow hundreds of lawns weekly runn...

All About Lawn Fertilizer Lawn fertilizer is the first thing we think of when is comes to a green lawn. Thatching and aerating helps, but doesn’t produce the lush green that we want. When looking for a google fertilizer, look for the symbols NPK. These main nutrients are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. Each chemical you add uses a certain percentage and you really need to know what kind before you buy. As a rule of thumb, each fertilizer you put down should have no more than one pound of nitrogen per 1000 square feet. When looking at the product, you will see that Nitrogen is higher than all the rest at 0 - 20, Phosphorus is lowest at 0 - 10 and Potassium is 0 - 20. The average mix is around 20/4/12 ratio but many manufacturers place 3/1/2, 4/1/2 or 5/1/2. If it is anywhere over that, you could seriously burn your lawn if you don’t know what you are doing. Testing the soil should be a big priority. Hardly anyone does it, which is a big mistake. The soil test measur...