Month	Want an Extreme Lawn? Sure you do. Perform these tasks and you will be in the top 20% of your neighborhood. Tip: Rack and stack your lawn. List what areas of the lawn are performing the best to the least. Always begin your work with the least and work towards the best.
August	Only mow with the promise of rain. Aerate as soon as rains soak the ground. When the Japanese beetle are gone apply grub pesticide. Lime the lawn early in the month. Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap
September	Fertilize Mix in Laundry powder; Epsom salt; Ironite Spray newly fertilized lawn with ½ cup coke; ¼ cup soap; balance ammonia After rain-in Sow grass seed
October	Fertilize Mix in Laundry powder; Epsom salt; Ironite Spray newly fertilized lawn with ½ cup coke; ¼ cup soap; balance ammonia. Beds: Dress soil with compost: Replace annuals with pansies and bulbs Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap
November	Spray newly fertilized lawn with ½ cup coke; ¼ cup soap; balance ammonia. Get the leaves out of your bushes – use a shop-vac . The leaves cause disease in your plants Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap
December	Early in month fertilize with weed and feed. Mix in Laundry powder; Epsom salt; Ironite
January	Early in Month Fertilize with a high first number; coated urea Lime the lawn late in the month.
February	Fertilize with pre-emergent exactly when of just before Forsythia bloom (No more Fertilizer until fall! If you do all will be lost to lawn disease. ) Cut back ornamental grass – divide & transplant Prep the spring surge - Spray lawn with homemade detacher: 1 can beer/ 1/4 cup dishwashing soap/ fill balance with ammonia.
March	Always mow with the blade all the way up Mow on Monday and Thursday Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap
April	Shampoo all plants with ½ cup of coke; ½ cup of dish soap; ¼ cup Listerine; ¼ cup all purpose fruit tree spray; ¼ cup liquid fertilizer; fill balance with ammonia Mow on Monday and Thursday Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap
May	Apply grub pesticide Mow on Monday and Thursday Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap Plant annuals first Saturday in May Blank patches? Drill holes in the earth with a bulb auger every 8 inches and fill the hole with composted manure. The grass will find the manure
June	Only mow with the promise of rain Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap. End of June apply 0-0-60 (potash - to get the lawn through stress of summer heat)
July	Only mow with the promise of rain Prep for fall sowing - Spray lawn with homemade detacher: 1 can beer/ 1/4 cup dishwashing soap/ fill balance with ammonia. Walk 45 minutes in the lawn every day. Spray weeds with lawn weed killer in a spray bottle mixed with a 2 table spoons of liquid dish soap.