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Lawn Care |
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To maintain the health and appearance of your lawn, it is important that
your home maintenance program
include the proper care for your lawn.
Maintaining a healthy and attractive lawn requires proper maintenance during each season of the year. See also: Automatic Sprinkler Systems, Decking, Patio Furniture, and Barbeque Grill. Shown below are the six recommended routine maintenance tasks for your lawn care program. Learn to enjoy managing your home with our free Newsletter or our free Automatic Maintenance Reminders. We can also show you the Recommended Maintenance Schedules for your entire home. |
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Maintenance Task #1: Spring clean-up |
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In early spring, rake and remove fallen debris from lawn. Add mulch around the bases of trees and shrubs. Do not mulch around the trunk higher than ground level or you can damage the health of the tree. |
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Cleans out debris that has accumulated over the winter. Mulch helps prevent weeds, and helps keeps moisture around your trees and shrubs. |
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| When should you do a Spring lawn clean-up? | ||||
| Perform in early spring (April). | ||||
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| The cost of this task is moderately high, depending on the size of your yard and the number and types of trees on it. |  |
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| The benefits of this task are the improved usability of your yard. | |
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Maintenance Task #2: Early Spring fertilizer and crab-grass control |
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| How do you do an early Spring lawn fertilizer and crab-grass control? | ||||
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In the spring, before temperatures are regularly in the 80's, apply fertilizer and crab grass control to your lawn. Before application, the lawn should be thoroughly raked to remove debris that has settled on the lawn over the winter. | |||
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Helps grass to grow thicker and greener, and helps reduce outbreaks of crab grass. |
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| When should you do an early Spring lawn fertilizer and crab-grass control? | ||||
| Perform in early spring (April). | ||||
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| The cost of this task is moderately low, depending on the size of your yard. You will need to purchase the appropriate spring fertilizer and crab-grass control application for your lawn. |  |
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| The benefits of this task are the health and appearance of your lawn. | |
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Maintenance Task #3: Late Spring fertilizer and weed control |
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| How do you do a late Spring lawn fertilizer and weed control? | ||||
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Apply fertilizer with weed control at a time in late spring when rain is not forecast for at least 24 hours. | |||
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Helps grass grow thicker and greener, and helps to control outbreaks of weeds. |
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| When should you do a late Spring lawn fertilizer and weed control? | ||||
| Late spring (June) when rain is not forecast for at least 24 hours. | ||||
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| The cost of this task is relatively low, depending on the size of your yard. You will need to purchase the appropriate late spring fertilizer and weed control application for your lawn. | |
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| The benefits of this task are the health and appearance of your lawn. | |
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Maintenance Task #4: Summer fertilizer and insect control |
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| How do you do a Summer lawn fertilizer and insect control? | ||||
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During mid-summer, apply fertilizer and insect control. |
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Helps your grass thrive in hot weather, and helps control insects that can damage your lawn. |
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| When should you do a Summer lawn fertilizer and insect control? | ||||
| Mid-summer (August). | ||||
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| How does Home-Wizard rate the costs and benefits for this task? | ||||
| The cost of this task is relatively low, depending on the size of your yard. You will need to purchase the appropriate summer fertilizer and insect control application for your lawn. | |
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Maintenance Task #5: Early Autumn fertilizer treatment |
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| How do you do an early Autumn lawn fertilizer treatment? | ||||
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Apply a fertilizer that is specifically designed to be applied in the early. | |||
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Helps grass to stay green longer, and green up earlier next spring. |
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| When do you do an early Autumn lawn fertilizer treatment? | ||||
| Early autumn (October). | ||||
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| The cost of this task is relatively low, depending on the size of your yard. You will need to purchase the appropriate autumn fertilizer application for your lawn. | |
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Maintenance Task #6: Autumn pruning and raking |
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Remove dead or damaged branches from shrubs and other lawn plants. Fallen leaves should be raked. Raked leaves can be shredded to reduce the number of bags that must be disposed, or the leaves can be mulched to a dust with a mulching mower and left on the lawn. |
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Improves the health and appearance of shrubs and lawn. |
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| When should you do an Autumn lawn pruning and raking? | ||||
| Late fall (November). | ||||
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| The cost of this task is moderately high, depending on the size of your yard and the number and types of trees on it. | |
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