YARD CLEAN UP & MAINTENANCE COSTS

Hiring a lawn care service to clean and maintain your yard can save you time. This way you can spend time doing more important things than mowing, watering and pulling weeds. Before getting estimates, you should make an itemized list of everything you would like done.

SPRING LAWN CARE

Spring lawn maintenance is key to preparing for new plant growth. You should remove old and dying branches, cut back any flowers and shrubs and fix any patches or brown spots. Some other major categories include:

• Flower bed preparation

• Planting

• Pest control

• Weed control

WEED REMOVAL

Weed & Leaf Removal

Weeds are any plant that grow out of place. Some types of weeds you might remove are:

• Dandelions

• Crabgrass

• Wild onions

Weed seeds are especially hard to remove because they are easily spread by wind, animals, garden tools and water. They can also remain dormant for years before starting to grow. The usual response to weeds is spraying herbicides but can be dangerous for your plants, pets and children. Along the same lines are leaves that have to be removed every year before the winter starts. Otherwise you can have dead spots and patches. You can control those patches with chemicals but run into problems. Leaf removal is crucial in environmental control of weeds as well, as they can kickstart their growth. Some essentials tools for leaf removal include:

• Leaf rake

• Leaf tarp

• Leaf blower

• Yard vacuum