Identify and Address Thatch Buildup (Dethatching)

points. The first thing you need to do is look down. Now, as we look down here, I've already repaired this lawn, and I will show you what I did to do it. But one of the things I didn't do yet is right here. Bear, I don't need the help. Can you please move? Can you move? Scoot. All right, quit licking my ear. Bear, will you please get out of here? All right, bear. Go away. Ah, get bear. Go sit down. Sit. Sorry about that. You see this? This is thatch. This is your enemy. And this doesn't make a difference whether you've done construction or not. Thatch is a buildup on the surface layer of the soil that suffocates the lawn. And this is just thatch is nothing more than dead grass that's sat in one spot. And now the grass, it creates this mat. It creates this mat that doesn't allow All right, baby. You need to get out of here. It creates this mat that doesn't allow the grass to germinate or grow. It's basically suffocating the lawn. So, the first thing you need to do is figure out is is my lawn suffering because it has thatch or is it suffering because it has compaction. Those are the two biggest things that you've got to understand. And the easiest way to understand is by looking down. And as you see this, this is all thatch buildup plus compaction buildup. My lawn has both of the worst possible things it can do. To really fix this lawn, I need to scarify and remove the thatch. Now, there's a number of different ways you can scarify and remove that thatch. You can get a deatcher. The first thing I'm going to tell you to do is don't hire a professional. You don't need them. All you need is a deatcher. You can get handheld deatchers. And a deatcher is like a rake. Let's go show you what a deatcher is. A deatcher is like a massive rake on steroids. It goes into the dirt and it removes all of that thatch and buildup and it allows your lawn to breathe again to come back to life. Here's the fundamental thing you got to understand. It's only scratching the surface layer. When you dethatch, you're simply removing the excess gunk built up on the top, allowing the soil to get that sunlight and allowing the seed to receive the light it needs to grow. So, it's not necessarily the end all be all cure all by starting with deatchching. But if your lawn has thatch buildup and it's spotty and it's not full and you really want that golf course looking lawn, check the thatch and make sure that that's not building up and creating your problems. Remove that thatch, hike it out,…