Weeds are a touchy subject nowadays. Weeds are one of the most annoying factors in your lawn. Working with plants all the time, I can see what damage weeds can do and I definitely don't consider dandelions to be "pretty yellow flowers". However, I also belive in the proper use of products to control weeds. That being said, the governments feel all weed control is bad so we can't use anything other than Corn Gluten Meal to try and prevent weeds. It does so by inhibiting seed germination. The downside is it stops all plants, not just weeds, including grass seeds or seeds in your flower beds. Make sure to keep that in mind.

Crabgrass is a major issue and is very hard to control. No selective herbicides can deal with crabgrass any more. The only thing you can use is a pre-emergent herbicide early in the spring. At one point in time, a hose-end liquid was available, but that's not available any more so we're forced to use only Corn Gluten. It does work somewhat and we have little choice in the matter. Make sure you apply early, typically by the first week in May.

Grubs are very noticable in the spring and everybody's first instinct is to kill them. However, spring is the worst time to try and kill them. It takes a very large amount of chemicals to kill them and those chemicals have a very low level of effectiveness. It's best to just leave the grubs along and re-seed or sod your lawn to repair the damage and deal with treating your lawn against grubs in June.

Fungus problems can also be hard to deal with. Though it's more rare, it can happen. Raking well can prevent the fungus in the first place. As a consumer, lime sulphur may help, though it's not always successful. Again, because of the pesticide ban, we aren't left with any real options for fungus control in our lawns.

As you can see, there are quite a few steps that can be taken to end up with the super lawn. Lawns take time to get "perfect" but it's well worth it. Lawns make a create place for a summer retreat and have a major cooling effect. No wonder it's so nice to sit on your lawn on a sunny summer's day.