The $40 Lawn — Four Seasons to the Best Yard on Your Street

Your lawn doesn't need more products. It needs the right three moves — mowing, watering, feeding — done at the right time for YOUR type of grass.

The $40 Lawn is the season-by-season plan from Dale Whitfield, The Turf Boss — retired groundskeeper from the North Carolina Piedmont. The best yard on your street for about forty dollars a year, instead of $1,200 to a lawn service.

Inside, in large, easy-to-read print:

• Know your grass first — cool-season vs warm-season (this decides everything)

• Mow high, water deep: the two habits that beat every product on the shelf

• The $0 screwdriver soil test — before you spend a dime on fertilizer

• Season by season: spring, summer, fall and winter — what to do, and what to skip

• Weeds, brown spots, shade and thatch — diagnose before you pay

• The fall window that makes next spring's lawn

All guidance follows university extension recommendations — and with any product: read the label. The label is the law.

PLUS 3 bonuses included with your download:

1. The Turf Boss Zone Calendar Pack — your whole year, by grass type
2. The Screwdriver Diagnosis Card — print it, keep it in the garage
3. The Never-Buy List + Spreader Cheat Sheet — stop wasting money at the store

10 chapters · 33 pages · large print · instant PDF download · read on any device or print at home

"Mow high. Water deep. Leave it be." — Dale Whitfield, The Turf Boss