Power raking the yard

[41magsnub]

Apparently I needed it pretty badly!  10 45 gallon bags full of dead grass.

[fifth_column]

What's a power rake?  I want a power rake . . .

[charby]

What's a power rake?  I want a power rake . . .

http://tinyurl.com/k6wuugc

[AJ Dual]

Also known as "thatching".

My yard is seriously overdue. 

I haven't done it in the 14 years I've owned the house. Save for the fenced back yard, but that's only because I'm raking up the dog's snow-compressed leavings that are exposed after the first thaw. 

[fifth_column]

http://tinyurl.com/k6wuugc

That's brilliant.  I could use one of those.

[charby]

This is probably that he used, rental places have them.

[lupinus]

Ah the joys of thatch.

A little (less than 1/2 inch or so) is actually good for your lawn and especially if you have kiddies running around on it or whatever adds a little padding. Course then you get into excessive amounts, particularly if you have a soil and/or grass type prone to it. And then....you get a lot of raking to do when you eventually get around to breaking it up 

[charby]

Ah the joys of thatch.

A little (less than 1/2 inch or so) is actually good for your lawn and especially if you have kiddies running around on it or whatever adds a little padding. Course then you get into excessive amounts, particularly if you have a soil and/or grass type prone to it. And then....you get a lot of raking to do when you eventually get around to breaking it up 

Why I love living in the snow belt, under the snow the microbes and macrobes eat a lot of thatch during the winter months.

[41magsnub]

This is probably that he used, rental places have them.

yup