Brrr! It's time to start thinking about lawn care.(Neighbor)(North Aurora)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2006

Byline: Molly Kozik "Do you want the 'best-looking' lawn in the neighborhood? Find out what you need to do and when to do it make your lawn beautiful and healthy." That's what was on the brochure from the University of Illinois Extension that I found on my door on an unusually warm day in late January.

The "best-looking" lawn in the neighborhood you say? Well, that award already belongs to Tom and Joan next door. But I can dream, can't I? The hot summer, the drought and the North Aurora watering ban hindered the progress of our six-year-old lawn last year and we even have some dead areas to repair. Now is the time to start planning your lawn-care strategy, even while the weather is still cold and snow is in the air. Our lawns were stressed last year...