This encourages longer and healthier roots and provides shade for the ground around each grass plant, enabling it to retain moisture in the soil. Keep your mower's blades sharp. Dull blades tear grass, weakening the plants and making your lawn more vulnerable to weeds and disease. Take off the grass clipping bag. When it's dry, leave grass clippings on the lawn.
Clippings serve as mulch and a natural fertilizer.
When it's wet, put the clippings and other yard waste on your compost pile. You can put it back on the ground later. Water your lawn less frequently, but for longer periods of time. This helps your lawn grow deep roots that are less vulnerable to drought conditions. Shallow watering, on the other hand, encourages roots to stay near the surface, where they are less able to find moisture during dry periods.