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5 Ways to Safeguard Your Winter Lawn

Give your lawn a little TLC with these simple do-it-this-weekend solutions to winter's worst landscape spoilers.

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The chemicals that make up commercial salt for snow and ice removal are toxic to almost all plants, including lawns. The spray created by traffic can become airborne, affecting trees as well as shrubs and turf. Damage includes bud and twig dieback and, in conifers, extreme needle browning.

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