House and Home

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lawn service can save a homeowner a lot of work when it comes to having a lush and healthy lawn. Theyll have to pay for it, of course, but a good lawn service that keeps the grass green and growing is worth the price.

Unless the homeowner is going to hire the teenage boy down the street to mow and water their lawn now and then, theyll want a professional lawn service. The first thing the homeowner should do when they take on a lawn service is ask questions. The company’s owner or rep should be able to tell the homeowner their professional title and training. They should tell them if theyre licensed and certified. They should also be specialists in lawn care.

Lawn services should be happy to show potential customers a portfolio of their finished projects and to provide references. The homeowner should ask how the lawn service will go about doing their job, how much its going to cost to maintain the lawn year round, when payment is expected and if the company is amenable to being paid in installments. Lawn services should also be insured and bonded and should have proof of both. Their materials and workmanship should be guaranteed. They should also be happy to provide the client with a written contract.

If the lawn is in very bad shape, service professionals will have to do a bit of repair work. They might sod or reseed the lawn, or diagnose and treat spots in the lawn that are diseased or otherwise damaged, then apply patches. If the homeowner wants, they can set up an irrigation system. Lawn service experts will know how to mow the lawn and can tell the homeowner how to mow it in case they want to have a go at it themselves.

Other things that lawn services can do are maintain the lawn mower. In areas with cold winters they can drain the gas from the mower and the string trimmers and sharpen their blades. In warmer winter climates, the grass will still be growing and the company can simply maintain the lawn mower and mow the grass if its necessary.

In the spring, lawn service experts aerate the soil under the lawn and top dress it with compost, then fertilizer. During the summer they can weed and patch the bare spots on the lawn if there are any and adjust the mower blade so its the right height for the grass.
In the fall professional landscapers seed the lawns and top dress them with compost or shredded leaves. When they mow the lawn for the last time in the fall, they’ll lower the blade about a half an inch so the grass doesnt mat under the coming snow. They can sweeten the soil with lime if its too acidic, and then fertilize it about two weeks later. Then, they can fertilize the lawn again around Thanksgiving.

No matter what season, professional lawn services can help you keep your lawn green and healthy all year long.

Energy bills are soaring right now and perhaps one of the best ways to look to reduce them is by Installing replacement windows, you will see the biggest change in just how much your home costs to heat depending on how efficient your new windows are and of course how inefficient you old ones were. So setting about selecting from the latest in glass technology is not such a bad thing when you consider that savings of 10-15 percent is not uncommon in fuel bills, sometimes even more can be saved. Dont forget that noise levels from external sources will be reduced as well, so perhaps the lawn mower from across the way or that annoying cat that always seems to lurk in your back garden could be a thing of the past, it seems like installing replacement windows will have quite a few benefits after all, plus putting a couple of thousand bucks on the value of your house in the process.