It all depends upon what sorts of grasses you have. Some grasses brown out
over winter dormancy, only to green up once the weather warms. If snow has
*just* melted, it will take a few days of consistently warmer weather to
trigger growth. If you do rake, now would be a good time to over seed in an
effort to crowd out opportunistic weeds which might spring up in the raked
out bear patches.


--
David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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"GaryM" wrote in message
. 1.81...
The last of the snow melted off my lawn a few weeks back. I made the
last cut pretty short last year (2 1/2 inches), but there still is a
lot of flattened, matted, yellow grass all over the lawn. Do I need to
rake this all out or will it disappear over time?