2012-02-11T22:10:20Z http://ecofriendlylawn.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:www.ecofriendlylawn.com,2009-02-14:1815206 John 2009-02-15T02:31:56Z 2009-02-15T02:31:56Z Cathy;<BR><BR>Yes it will.&nbsp; In fact, you'll have very good luck with everything suggested.&nbsp; I'm not sure how large your lawn is, but I'll have more suggestions for large areas of lawn in future episodes of the blog.&nbsp;<BR><BR>First, the easiest thing you can do, even if you&nbsp;do nothing else, is letting your lawn grow a bit longer (say 3").&nbsp; This will cause the grass to grow more slowly, which in turn will require you to mow less often.&nbsp; You'll still be cutting off the top 1/2" of lawn as you do now, but the taller you let your grass grow, the less frequently you'll need to cut the 1/2" off.&nbsp; Doesn't seem to make sense, but it's a fact.&nbsp;Obviously, spring and fall (cool seasons)&nbsp;will&nbsp;yield quicker growth than say a dry mid summer period, but over the course of a year, you'll still save a bunch of time on your lawn.&nbsp; Who wouldn't want that?&nbsp; <BR><BR> The next most effective thing you could do would be to aerate your lawn with a core aerater.&nbsp; This does a bunch of cool stuff including allowing more water to penetrate into the top few inches of soil.&nbsp; If you have a compacted lawn (which most people do, including me) the water has a tough time penetrating into the soil.&nbsp; It has more time to be absorbed into the thatch layer (which acts more like a sponge) where it simply evaporates before it can reach the grass roots.&nbsp; Aerating also loosens up the soil, which encourages the roots to grow more deeply into the soil.<BR><BR>John tag:www.ecofriendlylawn.com,2009-02-14:1814879 Cathy 2009-02-14T22:21:01Z 2009-02-14T22:21:01Z I read this all twice...it sounds just like what we need - along with added advice for "dog spots" BUT - will it work in for us in Kansas??