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Dethatching is an essential part of lawn maintenance. About half an inch of thatch is good for the grass because it can stabilize the soil temperature and prevent it from drying out too quickly. But ...

Remove debris and excess plant matter with these intuitive tools. A layer of dead organic material on your lawn, called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dethatcher on lawn - Stenko Vlad/Shutterstock When's the last time you checked under the "hood" of your lawn? Thatch, the layer of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dethatching allows moisture and nutrients back into the soil. ronstik/Getty Images Dethatching a lawn is an important process that ...