Spring Yard Cleanup

1. Thorough garbage patrol of the property, picking bags, cans, assorted debris, as well as inspection of all areas for damage and/or disease due to the previous winter

2. If necessary we sweep the edge of the grass near the roadway where all the salt and sand has accumulated over the winter. This will prevent the salt from killing the grass as it dissolves over the season. This also reduces the salinity levels in the soil, which will help improve grass growth in this normally stressed area. We will not sweep the gravel off the road as the city already does this in the spring.

3. We Power Dethatch the entire lawn to reduce any thatch buildup and remove the old dead grass from the winter. Thatch is the zone in the lawn where many harmful insects reside (such as the chinch bug) and where many of the turfgrass diseases (such as fungus) develop.

4. The last step is to rake up the dead grass and thatch. It is placed in garbage bags and removed from the property.