If you are sexually active, you can do the following things to lower your chances of getting gonorrhea: 1  Being in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and has negative STD test results; 2  Using latex condoms the right way every time you have sex.
The best time to dethatch is late summer or early fall. That's when your grass is growing most vigorously. Before dethatching, mow a little shorter than normal. Also, you'll achieve better results if you do it after a light rain or watering.
Dethatch the Lawn. The best time to dethatch a cool-season lawn is early fall or early spring and a warm-season lawn is early summer. For small areas, use a thatching rake, which is a sharp-tined rake that rips the thatch out of the lawn, to remove thatch; leaf rakes or hard rakes may also be used but may not work as well depending on the situation.