Getting Prepare for Spring Lawn Care Tasks

While the snow and ice continue to pound the greater part of the Northern United States this month, its never too early to start planning spring and summer lawn care and landscape services for your home. The snow is gonna melt… …I promise!

It’s important to think about lawn care and landscape services now before the problems take hold on your green spaces. And believe me, there are plenty of issues that can crop up in a hurry if you arent paying attention.

I also recommend you begin calling local lawn and landscape pros now because many times you can take advantage of early season pricing plans that will offer you savings both now, and later on.

So let’s get down to the basics and check out a plan of action.

Lawn Mowing

I’ve never done a study on this, but I assume that about half of you are do-it-yourselfers, and the other half hire a lawn maintenance company to mow, trim and edge our lawn. If you are going to DIY the lawn mowing, then you should definitely get out and tune up your mower and change the oil. Its also a good idea to have the blade sharpened prior to the first cut.

Lawn Spraying Treatments

Once again, I think that about half of you guys will apply your own fertilizer and weed control products, and the other half will hire this service out. Either way, you need a plan of action. Its fairly certain that dandelions and crab grass will be a problem in 2009, but other issues like lawn disease and insects can also invade, especially if we have a super wet spring. You may need a lawn care pro to help thwart these issues, so be ready to make the call should things get out of your control.

Your Landscape

It’s a given that you will need to have your trees, shrub and bushes trimmed at some point during the year, but have you thought about fertilizing them? It’s a great idea to give your landscape ornamentals a dose of nitrogen in the spring to set them off for the year. You also may want to consider having them sprayed and treated for damaging insects and fungus that can stunt their growth and cause them to decline. Believe it or not, you have a lot of money tied up in those plants out front, so take care of them now!

I hope these simple tips will help you in your planning for the coming season. Just remember, getting a jump on the weeds and crabgrass means they cant get the jump on you!