September 13, 2009
Lawn Winterizing – Why Bother?
A vibrate lawn demonstrates the pride you take in your home and household. It provides the first impressions and sets the conversation for the neighborhood. Of course part of that involves regular maintenance of watering, mowing, weeding, and the like. However, there are a few items that need to be done in the Spring and Fall to ensure the health of your lawn. If you do it right, you will have a healthy and happy spring carpet. That is why you need to winterize your lawn properly.
If you happen to live in a colder area your lawn is even more vulnerable and it will benefit the most from a good winterizing process. See, during the cold months your lawn does not die, it just hibernates. To make that season one of growth and health, you need to winterize.
Timing does matter. When it comes to your lawn, the timing for your winterizing should be just before the first frost. Of course, since you cannot control the weather, you just need to do the best you can. It is better to be too early than to be too late.
Don’t let Jake Frost catch you with your leaves on the ground. Try and make sure you clean up the lawn as much as you can prior to winter setting in. Loosen the top soil with a rake and clean up any clippings or leaves. For the best results, it is worth getting a professional to aerate your lawn with a deep plug aeration.
In addition to clearing out the lawn now is a great time to take care of those pesky weeds. Give your lawn a fighting chance and get the weeds out now! Weeds will grow all winter so by killing them at the root with things like ‘Weed B Gone’ or manual weeding (get the roots!) you are going to have a much nicer lawn come spring time.
A good winterizing process should include a winterizing fertilizer. A neighbor of mine had never used one before until last year. His lawn was the first to come in and was so rich and green while everyone’s lawn was just starting to emerge from the harsh winter of Colorado. It makes a huge difference.
Just follow a good winterizing routing or have someone do it for you (much easier!), and before you know it spring will be here and so will your lawn.
Make sure your lawn is taken care of during the busy schedule of the fall season, just contact Nations Harvest for your Lawn Aeration Denver, Colorado
Filed under Lawn Care by Jodi Nations