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As the leaves begin their spectacular autumn transformation, it's easy to get caught up in the beauty of the season. But don't forget, your [...]

Lawn aeration involves creating small holes in the soil to enhance air, moisture, and nutrient absorption by grass roots. This process alleviates soil compaction, promotes [...]

As the vibrant summer season settles in, your lawn becomes a focal point for relaxation and enjoyment. However, lurking beneath the lush greenery are potential [...]

August in Minnesota isn't just about back-to-school preparations. It's also when tiny terrors like fleas and ticks thrive.These pesky critters love the hot, humid weather [...]

Crabgrass Crabgrass, a vigorous warm-season annual, can quickly dominate lawns during hot and dry conditions, outcompeting cool-season turfgrasses. Identifying crabgrass is easy [...]

Brown Patch This fungal disease affects cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass and ryegrass. Symptoms: Circular or irregular brown patches with [...]

Looking to spend time outside without the hassle of mosquitoes? ProLawns offers a variety of practical solutions to help you keep these pests at bay: [...]

The Importance of Mowing Height: After monitoring thousands of lawns during the hottest and driest years in recent history, we've concluded that mowing height is [...]

What Are The Benefits? Boosted Nutrient Absorption: Aeration opens up pathways for vital nutrients to penetrate deep into the soil, fueling robust growth and [...]

Picture this: you step onto your lawn, dreaming of a smooth, green carpet (the Envy of the Neighborhood), but instead, you're met with bumps [...]

One of our most addressed issues... and a personal erk for me (Matt Rohman) New construction always has bad issues with soil Why? Houses [...]

What are Turf Grubs and why do we care? Turf grubs are the larvae of beetles like Japanese beetles, June bugs, and European chafer [...]

What is Topdressing? Topdressing is when a new layer of soil is added to an existing lawn. It is hopefully an organic soil/sand mix [...]

Source: University of Minnesota Extension Be Pesticide Smart E-News UMN Extension PSEE (Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education) February 1, 2023 How pesticides are regulated [...]

If you notice your grass tips yellowing after this visit, that's ProLawns' proprietary Golden Crown effect. That's how you know our fertilizer is working. [...]

Quick Summary Granular products have ZERO toxicity; They are 100% safe They consist mostly of Nitrogen, Potassium and clay filler. The air we breath [...]

The internet will say "apply lime": Dog spots are very salty and high in nitrogen - so much so that it over-fertilizes and burns [...]

What causes Mushrooms? There are several different reasons for mushrooms to appear in your lawn. Excess rain/irrigation can cause them during the spring and summer. [...]

Contrary to popular perception, spraying weeds in the lawn has little, if any, effect on pollinators. It's easy to point a finger at spraying but [...]

We get a lot of requests for dethatching here at ProLawns and we WON'T do it. Here's why: Should I dethatch with a dethatching [...]

We'll be out on exactly April 1st... Fools! We've had seasons start before the end of March and have had 10+ inches of snow in [...]

What is Aeration? Aeration is performed to help drive beneficial nutrients into the soil, reduce compaction, and create stronger, deeper roots for the grass. Overall, [...]

Water as needed This typically doesn't become a concern until the hotter summer months (July/August). To keep turf at it's healthiest, experts recommend it getting [...]

When will you be coming? We get started as soon as the snow has melted and the ground has thawed. We'll need to skip some [...]

When to seed? The best time to seed, weather-wise and in collaboration with our programs, is late summer and early fall (specifically the last two [...]

Quick history on the signs The main ingredient that's used on lawns was first developed in the 1950s for agriculture. It was harsh, unregulated in [...]

This post is written by Cely Padilla, the Office Manager at ProLawns. Cely has been the Office Manager since May of 2017. She creates routes [...]

For the professional or the DIY homeowner - here's how to protect yourself when spraying herbicides or insecticides. The appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): 7/19/18 [...]

The best backpack sprayer - is also incredibly affordable! With this backpack, and some know-how, you can have a weed and insect free property. This [...]

7/6/18 - Matt Rohman It's said that a good lawn depends on three contributions: What it gets from professionals like ProLawns, what it gets from [...]

5/31/18 - Lexi Rhoden (Investigative piece by ProLawns office staff) The charcoal briquettes you use as fuel are eventually reduced to a pile of charred [...]

You don’t want to buy too little, or worse, apply too much and damage your lawn! In my our last blog post, I explained what [...]

(What I'd need to know if I didn't work at the best lawn care company in the West Metro) 3/30/18 - Matt Rohman Why do [...]