The only reason thatch accumulates in any lawn is because there are not enough soil bacteria to digest it because of poor management practices, ie using the wrong lawn food for too long. Since a good, healthy turf needs a good, healthy soil to grow in start now by contacting your state universities USDA Cooperative Extension Service office in yor county and ask about having a good, reliable soil test done so you know what your soils pH and base nutrient levels are. You can also dig into your soil with these simple soil tests, 1) Structure. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. A good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer you soil will smell. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. to see waht more you need to do to make that soil into a good, healthy soil that will grow a strong and healthy stand of grass.

We have a 6 qt Nuwave and love it. My favorite thing to make in it are steaks, believe it or not. They are like they are grilled on a gas grill (nothing as good as charcoal) and easy to have done to your perfect inside temp. As our grill season is very short here, I love being able to have steak the other 9 months out of the year without having to clean splatters all over the stove. My kids love fried ravioli and you can do homemade easily in the air fryer. Thaw frozen ravioli and bread with egg and breadcrumbs/parm and spritz with oil and cook in the AF until crispy. Wings are great in the AF too without the mess and babysitting of deep frying. I have a large Breville toaster oven with convection and a range with convection and the way an air fryer works is much different. The air speed is much greater which crisps things faster without over cooking. In fact, if you make burgers in one and toss on a slice of cheese without something on top to hold it down, the cheese will fly off the burger before it melts.

Wow, Autumn Min is impressive. Sometimes pictures just don't tell the story when all you see is a bloom. I know now I should have been looking at height, etc, but I have several daylilies that refuse to bloom the height or season supposed to. I love the look of Laura Harwood, but have not added that one because I had heard complaints of few buds, and canoeing. I got Cradle of Bethlehem because I thought it looks similar. Beautiful bloom, but will take another season or so to see how it does

Your clumps may come sooner than you expect, Kate. Mine did. I certainly didn't expect My heart Belongs to Daddy to clump as soon as it did. There was actually a third Clown Parade bloom but it was a bit away from the duo. I suspect that the big bloom is going to be over sooner than they usually do their thing. And, by the way. we are swapping around with first blooms. Your Geometric Wizard bloomed a day before mine did, and my Mico hasn't opened a bloom yet. The shelf that Flufy is lying on is one of two above my desk. They used to have some of my items stacked on them but the battle went in favor of the cats. kay