Can I be done with the lawn for the year?
Can I be done with the lawn for the year? Can I be done with the laundry for the year? No. Are we ever “done” with anything? Really done? Does the burden of summer heat and the never ending mowing and fertilizing and weed management have you ready to throw in the towel? Let’s think about your lawn in a different way, but not in a never ending list of things to do way. Your lawn is a major part of your home. It’s the first thing you see when you approach your home.
It’s an investment that must be protected.
When you buy or build a home, it is really exciting at first to spruce it up. Picking out paint and windows and doors that show off your style are part of your outdoor look. Landscaping is a huge investment that accentuates your home and it’s overall design. These are exciting times for a new homeowner! Fast forward ten years when the roof is starting to leak, the paint is peeling, the driveway is stained, and the front door is looking dated. Ugh. This is not the fun we remember from being new homeowners….
The day’s work is never done.
Keeping up the work around the house every season keeps us from being ten years down the road with thousands in repairs and sprucing up to do. Keeping up the lawn, the landscaping, the turf and plantings, these are all things we need to do year round. This continuous upkeep and management keeps a monster from growing. A weekly weed check is much easier to handle than a yearly weed check. Check out this story on Audible voiced by Kevin Bacon. It’s a horror story about a man who decides to tackle an unattended and overgrown piece of land. The comparison to a Steven King story is enough to make anyone want to listen.
Don’t let your lawn become a horror story.
There are plenty of resources for homeowners who have great aspirations of beautiful lawns year round. A simple search for podcasts brings up this blogger from Utah who has great and simple suggestions for keeping on top of things, especially at the end of summer. Between videos, blogs, podcasts and audiobooks (even fictional horror stories about lawns) we are never short on information.
Feed Me, Seymour.
A blog that references weeds and horror stories screams for a link to the unforgettable scene in “Little Shop of Horrors” when plant life becomes blood thirsty and violent. While dramatic to say the least, it is certainly a reminder that we should all do a little work in the yard every day (or week) even after a long summer. There are many small jobs that can be done year round, even in fall and winter that will give our lawn the best chance at being beautiful.
To do list for the fall:
- Keep mowing as long as the grass is growing, and don’t forget to take care of your lawnmower!
- Just because it gets cooler, your lawn still needs water!
- Wet piles of leaves left to rot on your lawn are suffocating the turf. Rake those piles up before the job is “monstrous.”
- Aeration and fertilization will pay off when spring arrives!
- Never stop fighting the war against pests in your lawn. We have been covering these in our weekly blogs. Armyworms, moles, weeds…these need to be controlled.
So back to your question…
Can I be done with the lawn for the year? No. But you have unlimited free resources if you want to do the work yourself. You have the services of licensed technicians at Lawn and Pest Solutions if you want us to do the work. Definitely don’t let your lawn chores build up until you have a monster of a weed to battle on your own. Go outside and make a list, make a plan, do a little every day. And if you feel like that’s just too much, give us a call.
