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Q&A

Now and then, the LessLawn Editor answers a reader question. We publish the in-depth answers in case anybody else happens to be in the same boat. Hope you find them to be useful!

smother it

clover

meadows


mushrooms

shade

shoreline


    Clover Improves Your Lawn
Clover makes your lawn healthier, easier to maintain, and more stylish.
    Making a Meadow Garden
Feeling ambitious? Try converting an abandoned field into a meadow garden.
    Short Plants for a Shade Garden
LessLawn delves into the shadier side of gardening and comes up with a list of plants to try in your shady borders.

    What's the Easiest Way to Get Rid of Mushrooms in Your Lawn?
A frustrated reader takes a snow shovel to his lawn, then asks LessLawn: "Is there a way to get rid of them 'shrooms'?"
    Prepare to SMOTHER Your Lawn
"How do I prepare the ground before SMOTHERing?" wonders one reader. The answer is simple: do (almost) nothing.
    Water's Edge Lawns are for the Birds
Do you know an organic, low-maintenance, non-violent way to keep Canada geese and mallards off nearby lawns? We do.


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