When you are getting ready to maintain your lawn, it is best to test the soil in order to see what you will have to do in order to keep it looking healthy.  Soil testing will determine not only how much you need to water your lawn, but also will give you an idea of what nutrients are in your lawn.  If there are not enough nutrients, or if they are absorbed in the wrong way through the soil, then your lawn can easily not look as healthy as it was meant to be. (…)