As Spring gets closer, it is time to think about your lawn again. If snow fell early in your area leaves will most likely be covering your yard. Before you can do any Spring-time lawn work it is crucial to clean up your lawn.
As soon as the lawn is dry enough and warm enough to support a lawn mower it is time to get started. The best and easiest way to remove leaves is with a lawn mower bag that connects directly to the mower. Instead of grouping the leaves into piles and removing, slowly run over the leaves with the lawn mower, lawn mower bag combination.
After about five minutes the bag will start to fill up with leaf mulch but do not empty the bag. Once the bag is full additional leaves will be unable to fit into the bag and will start to be mulched into smaller and smaller pieces. Continue to go over your entire lawn with a full bag until the leaves are mulched into fine pieces. After this is completed you can next begin to vacuum the leaves into the bag and dumping full bags into a yard waste container or using the leaf mulch around trees and shrubs.
This process will provide your lawn with organic matter crucial to healthy growth and reduce the amount of waste you will have to throw away.
To summarize:
1. Get started as soon as the weather is warm and dry enough to support a lawn mower.
2. Fill your mower bag up with leaves but do not empty until you have gone over your entire yard at least once.
3. Once you have gone over once, begin to vacuum leaf mulch into lawn bag.
4. Use excess leaf mulch around plants, or dispose in yard waste container.
5. Sit back and enjoy your healthy lawn
Once you have finished cleaning up your yard you can move on to numerous other Spring lawn care activities. You may want to install wood mulch around your trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants, hedge trim your shrubs and bushes, install new grass seed or sod, enhance certain areas with new landscaping or hardscaping, provide additional fertilizer to increase color and growth.
There are numerous activities for your lawn during the Spring, if you can not handle them all you may want to consider hiring a lawn care and landscaping company to perform some or all of the duties.
Due to the extreme weather condition, gardens can be destroyed. Some gardens may also be affected with certain diseases. With this said, garden owners know that they need to invest time and money to make their lawn beautiful once again. To help you with this problem, here are some lawn care tips before the winter season.
Fertilizing before winter season
One of the best lawn care tasks you need to do is to fertilize the lawn before the snow season starts. This is important since this is the best time to fertilize grass most especially cool season grasses like Bermuda and Bluegrass. By fertilizing before winter season, you are sure that the fertilizer will remain in the soil and feed your lawn's roots all winter long.
Mowing lower
It is best that you start mowing your lawn lower than usual during the last month of the summer. This task is important to help the grass adapt with the changes. In addition, cutting down the grass short all at once can affect its growth. By cutting the grass shorter, you can also protect any new growth. However, keep in mind not to cut the grass too short since the crown will be exposed to extreme weather conditions.
During winter season, you can also make use of lawn mowers. This is not to cut down grass, but to get rid of snow. Individuals can simply remove the lawn mower deck and replace it with a snow blade. In this way, you can get rid of excessive weight that may ruin your grass.
Cleaning before winter
Finally, you need to clean the lawn before the winter season begins. Start off by removing dried leaves and dead branches. You also need to get rid of items that can cause diseases to your grass.
