Comments on: Frugal Workout: Dethatching your lawn manually

By: when should i dethatch my lawn

when should i dethatch my lawn — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:56:47 +0000

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Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:10:16 +0000

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By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:25:56 +0000

I actually JUST came in from dethatching with the power rake. That still took 3.5 hours to finish (plus the 4 hours it took me to manually dethatch last week). 90% of the time was raking up the thatch and the rest was running the machine.

I had 15 full yard bags of thatch for .21 acres (probably only .06-.09 of open yard).

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:22 +0000

Interesting… thanks for sharing…

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:23:46 +0000

Dethatching does suck and is extremely hard work. We did that last year when we moved in on about a third of an acre front lawn, and never again will I do it manually. It took weeks and I was sore for a month straight (although I worked off a few pounds).

Using just a rake was very hard, so I did a little research and found they make a specialized dethatching rake (still manual). But the way it was designed allowed you to operate much more efficiently and it pulled up double the amount of thatch. It still required far too much manual labor for a large job though.

That being said, once you get it cleaned up and if you maintain your lawn properly you shouldn’t have to dethatch again for many years. Hopefully that is the case.

By: The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Delicious Burgers Edition

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:31:10 +0000

[...] Frugal Workout: Dethatching Your Lawn Manually I dethatched my parents’ lawn when I was younger. It was an excellent workout, didn’t cost much money at all, and made their yard look utterly luscious that summer. If you’re thinking of selling a home sometime soon, this is a great task to do that’s cheap and subtly increases your home’s value (@ clever dude) [...]