Winter Lawn Care Is Essential

Winter lawn care is no less as important as summer lawn care and maintenance.   Your winter lawn care to-do list wouldn’t include activities such as trimming, weeding and watering however, care is important if you want your lawn to maintain its healthiness during the upcoming months. Depending on the location of your home you will have to determine the best plants to grow and maintenance methods to use in order to achieve this. If your lawn has weeds to spot-treat you can comply with these winter lawn care techniques.

Winter Lawn Care Techniques

• Firstly, it is important to continue trimming your lawn even during the winter season.  Note however, that there are several winter weeds that can’t endure frequent trimming and can die.
• Place a bag attachment onto your mower when trimming in order to capture seeds and prevent germination.  In addition consider administering pre-emergent herbicide in the fall.
• Stop walking on your frozen lawn! Continuous walking or driving over a frozen lawn can kill its turfgrass crowns, which can create spring bare spots.
• If you can’t get all the autumn leaves eliminated before snowfall then not to worry as there is a solution for this.  If the soil is damp, level it out carefully, as grass can pull up effortlessly.  If you leave leaves on the grass during winter it can kill turf crowns.  Moreover, they can lead to snow mold which can devastate your entire lawn.

Other Important Facts

Beware of vole trails that can be present in your lawn after snow fall. These mouse-like small creatures can be in both rural and suburban lawns.  An abundant covering of snow on your lawn supply voles with the cover needed to devour grass roots in open lawn. this helps them to remain hidden from predators.  As the snow liquefies their superficial runways become visible along the lawn veneer. The runways look like a tunnel without a top and soon as the snow softens you should trim your grass to prevent these critters from inhabiting your lawn.

If your lawn is wholesome you can leave out the grass seed.  Another way to tackle the intrusion of voles is to obtain an outdoor cat. Contact us for more information and to inquire about our lawn care services.

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