Many new homes built over the winter don’t have a lawn. If your home is being built this summer, save this article for use later. Some lawns need touch-up work from winter injury.
In northern climates, early fall is the best time to install a new lawn or renovate an old one. Warm days, cool nights, and the expected rainfall favor lawn grass growth. Fewer weeds sprout in the fall, offering less competition in newly seeded lawns. Many weeds that do sprout are killed off by cold weather. How well a lawn that is started in the fall succeeds depends on what kind of weather we get later in the fall and through the winter, so the earlier you start, the better.
