Spring lawn care is crucial for a healthy lawn during the summer. Improving soil, managing watering, fertilizing correctly, and mowing high are key to lawn care. Using a mulching mower and ...

But does when you cut it matter? It turns out there actually is a best time to mow your lawn. Ideally, “it’s better to mow when the canopy, or grass leaves, are dry,” says Waltz.

That not only saves work, Carr says, but it keeps grass clippings out of the waste stream and on the lawn, where they can break down to return nutrients to the soil. The tradeoff is having to mow ...