Care Free Lawn Care

As the cool season and the rains come in, the growing season comes to a halt. This year was more abrupt a stop in growth than last year. The rye grass has gone down and the final mowings are going on now. It is time to winterize your yard for winter this month with a good all purpose fertilizer rich in nitrogen. That will feed your lawn through the winter months and help it stay green longer and green up faster come March. Many people fore go this step in there fertilization plan and do not get to carry over any of the gains they made this year in to next years lawn. Fertilizer is very important to your lawn and helps prevent weeds by encouraging a thick dense lawn.
Fall is also the time to change out your summer annuals and plant your winter color. My favorites are pansies. They are cheap and very colorful all winter long. Low maintenance flower beds are the best thing to have in the winter months. To ensure your plants do their very best and your beds are not over run with weeds it is important to add a new layer of a good organic mulch. This serves as an insulating barrier to keep your plants roots warm amnd moist and also adds a visual impact. If you have not tried the black mulch yet, try it in your beds and watch how it makes all your colors pop.
It is also important to take care of all the falling leaves as they fall. Leaves that lay on the turf block valuable sunlight that your grass needs to stay healthy during the winter months. If you cannot rake them, run the mower over them and mulch them up in to smaller pieces that will decompose at a faster rate while adding organic material to your lawn. If you added a garden as I mentioed in a previous blog, then you can rake the leaves or mulch and bag them and spread them around the garden to discourage weeds and add organic material to the soil in the garden. This helps keep the soil high in organic matter and makes a rich soil for the next season or winter crops.

I am turning my attention to holiday lighting at this point in the year and look forward to hearing from anyone that wants to get a free estimate for hanging lights on your house. I can do some great things to make your property look great and not cost you an arm and a leg. If you have never had lights on your house, it really makes me feel better when i came home after a hard days work and see my house all lit up. Cant explain it. I never had lights on my house until last year and when I finally broke down and put some up I was very glad I did. It just makes me happy to look at them. It may work for you too!

I hope everyone has a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year. if I can be of any service during the winter months, please let me know!