{"id":184,"date":"2009-12-12T21:55:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/gardening\/general\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:45:06","slug":"lawns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/gardening\/lawns\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Walla Walla County Easy Lawn Care Calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>December and January<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid piling snow on turf areas. Stay off frozen grass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay off muddy grass areas. When not muddy, gently rake lawn to remove debris. Annual grass pre-emergent weed control (or early March)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (0-2 times per month). <a href=\"https:\/\/pnwhandbooks.org\/plantdisease\/pathogen-articles\/nonpathogenic-phenomena\/thatch-home-lawns\">Dethatch<\/a> and aerate if needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (4 times\u00a0 per month)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (4-6 times per month). Fertilize. Broad leaf weed control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June &#8211; August<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (4-6 time per month).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (4 times per month). Fertilize. Broad leaf weed control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow (2-3 times per month). Fertilize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To remember when to fertilize your lawn, think of holidays: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Halloween.&nbsp; The N:P:K ratio of 3:1:2 is recommended and be sure it contains some slow release nitrogen. If you only fertilize once a year, fall is the most important time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lawn Care Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.extension.wsu.edu\/home-lawns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Lawns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.extension.wsu.edu\/watering-lawns-in-washington-to-save-water-save-money-and-have-a-healthy-green-lawn\">Lawn Watering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.extension.wsu.edu\/saving-water-lawns-and-other-turf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving Water: Lawns and Other Turf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/2025\/08\/lawn-renovation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawn Renovation, Overseeding<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pnwhandbooks.org\/plantdisease\/pathogen-articles\/nonpathogenic-phenomena\/thatch-home-lawns\">Thatch in Home Lawns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/2025\/05\/lawn-care-tips-for-walla-walla-county\/\">Lawn Care Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-spacing-top--medium wsu-border--add-top\"  >\r\n        \n<div class=\"program-contact \">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-content\/plugins\/cahnrs-extension-plugin\/assets\/images\/gardening.png\"\n\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"75\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"extension-program-icon\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Program Icon.\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"program-contact-info\">\n\t\t<h2>Program Contact<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tAmy Rosenberg, Extension Coordinator<br>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Phone Number<\/span>509-524-2685\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Email Address<\/span> \u2022\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:amy.rosenberg@wsu.edu\">amy.rosenberg@wsu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walla Walla County Easy Lawn Care Calendar To remember when to fertilize your lawn, think of holidays: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Halloween.&nbsp; The N:P:K ratio of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration_date":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11346,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/11346"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}