"Think of your lawn like a hibernating bear," he suggests.
Redefine the edges of your lawn, trim your hedges, trim straggly stems and deadhead old flowers.
Over the course of the season the quality of your lawn will improve.
First, you take a long wire and lay it carefully around the borders of your lawn.
"The most important consideration is the size of your lawn," says Dean Speake of Handy Distribution.
If you live in a water-stressed region, consider shrinking the size of your lawn.
Perhaps it's time to consider making of your lawn an ornament of sorts, beautifully framed with flowers and meadows.
EARLY fall is the time to assess the health of your lawn and take steps to help it grow well next spring.
So don't plant these tall guys in the middle of your lawn if you start mowing in May (though the minor bulbs will be just fine).
Just cover part of your lawn with about two inches of newspaper topped with two inches of wood chips, and forget about it for six to eight months.
"It may be a feel-good thing to get rid of your lawn, but it doesn't always save water," he said.
