Fall Lawn Care - Now's the Time 

As the warm months of summer slowly come to an end it’s time to prepare for the important lawn maintenance that Fall requires. Fall lawn care is necessary to prepare your lawn for the cold and harsh winter months that lie ahead.

The cooler and wetter weather in the fall season helps your lawn’s grassroots to grow so it is a great time to encourage lawn health. This means ensuring maximum yard health before the temperatures drop so your yard can be best prepared to make it through winter. There are a variety of fall lawn care tasks that will keep your yard healthy, looking great and prepare it for the change of seasons. Anything you do to improve lawn health now will be noticeable come spring when the snow is gone, and your grass can start growing thick and healthy.

Throughout the summer your lawn sees lots of foot traffic, heat and sun which overtime can be damaging to its overall health. The fall is a great time to encourage these spaces to grow and restore strength and turf density. One crucial component of the fall lawn care regiment is fertilizer which encourages growth and all-around lawn health. By fertilizing in the fall you are helping your lawn rebuild itself after the past few months of increased stress as well as preparing it to enter winter as strong and healthy as possible.

The best time to apply fertilizer is a few weeks before the ground freezes. Choosing the right fertilizer is also important since the proper fertilizer composition will help your lawn build winter hardiness as well as assist in disease prevention and encourage overall growth come spring.

Enjoying your lawn all summer contributes to compacting the grass and soil, making it difficult for important nutrients to be absorbed. Lawn compaction results in restricted root growth and lower amounts of available oxygen making it more difficult for your grass to grow healthy.

An effective way to reverse the results of this compacted soil is through lawn aeration. Aerating is done by removing small cores from the lawn providing holes that can then allow space for roots to grow and for oxygen and nutrients to enter. The cores are left on the lawn surface where they quickly break down naturally.

Aerating your lawn in the fall encourages a healthy green lawn come next season.

Fallen leaves aren’t just unsightly when left on your lawn, they also begin to damage the health of your grass as they block out necessary sunlight. Leaves also bring the growth of fungi in your lawn since leaves will begin to decompose. Once the leaves begin to fall you need regular and thorough leaf removal in order to maintain lawn health, which is especially important going into the winter months.

To enjoy a healthy green lawn in spring, at a minimum your fall lawn care should include fertilizing, aerating and leaf removal. You want to enjoy your lawn year-round so now is the time to prepare for all your fall lawn maintenance tasks. If you want it done by a professional and reliable service, call Oriole Landscaping.