Should you bag your clippings while cutting the grass?

To bag or not to bag?

There are 10 million different articles on the Internet that focus on weather or not to bag you clippings while cutting your grass. In one corner, you have those that say if your grass clippings are bagged, you are keeping important nutrients from your grass that helps it grow. Others will tell you that they hate cleaning there patios, walkways and driveways  after every cut (including myself), so therefore they bag. No matter what group you belong to, we are going to look at whether or not bagging is ok while keeping that perfectly manicured lawn, or if you should it is the bag and mulch, mulch, mulch.

Everyone wants that beautiful, lush, golf course looking lawn, but becoming the envy of the neighborhood takes more that just bagging or not bagging you clippings. Every decision you make when planning your yearly lawn care schedule counts.

Every year I apply about a tone of fertilizer that would probably level my neighborhood if someone struck a match next to it. I love those dark green blades of luscious grass that almost look fake from a distance, but I need to cut at least twice a week, or it starts growing out if control. Even if I cut twice a week, the grass is so full, that I end up with clippings everywhere. That being said, I will spend another hour cleaning off by driveway and other walk areas which I really don't like.