Lawn care

University of Minnesota Extension research helps Minnesotans maintain sustainable, environmentally responsible urban, suburban and rural lawns.

Did you know there are environmental benefits to lawns?

The Minnesota lawn care calendar is a handy schedule of activities that will help you keep your lawn healthy throughout the year.

Planting and growing

• Buying turfgrass seed for Minnesota lawns
• Dormant seeding
• Fertilizing lawns
• Planting and maintaining a fine fescue lawn
• Seeding and sodding home lawns

Watering your lawn

• Water-saving strategies for home lawns
• Is your home lawn irrigation system working properly?
• Repairing flooded home lawns

See Protect your home and property from water damage

Maintaining your yard and lawn

• How to control thatch in your lawn
• Managing crabgrass in home lawns
• Mowers and mowing safety
• Mowing practices for healthy lawns
• Mushrooms in lawns
• What to do with lawn clippings 
• The effects of deicing salts on landscapes

Lawn repair and renovation

• Renovating a lawn for quality and sustainability
• Repairing flooded lawns
• The effects of deicing salts on landscapes

Lawn insects and diseases

• Environmental benefits of healthy lawns
• Identifying and managing vole damage in lawns
• Japanese beetles in yards and gardens
• Mushrooms in lawns
• Preventing pests in your yard and garden

See the Lawn insects page for a list of insects that commonly affect Minnesota lawns and landscapes.