Good new lawn winter care comes down to a few simple jobs: keep mowing until the grass stops growing, water until the ground starts to freeze, feed it once in fall, and keep traffic off it while it's frozen or soggy. Do those things and a lawn hydroseeded this summer or fall has a strong shot at greening up quickly next spring. If your grass went in this year, it's still a young plant with a shallow root system. It doesn't need babying all winter, but the next six to eight we

Leaves need to come off a new lawn, but gently. For leaf removal on new grass, a leaf blower on low or a light pass with a mulching mower (once the grass is tall enough to mow) is usually safer than raking, and a soft plastic rake is the only kind that belongs anywhere near young turf. The goal is to keep leaves from matting down without tearing out seedlings that have only been growing for a few weeks. If you hydroseeded in late summer or early fall, this is a real October c