Recommendations To Help Prepare Your Lawn Health For Spring
Springtime is a great time to get outside and enjoy the nice weather but also to start working on your lawn and clean it up after winter's damage. From the soil to its blade tips, your lawn will need many different types of care, which are easy to complete with the right knowledge and tools. Here are some tips to help you get your lawn ready for spring and into summer.
Prepare Your Mower
Before you can crank up your mower and start mowing your lawn for the first time, you will need to make sure it is in working order. Complete a tune-up to your lawnmower by changing the oil, checking and cleaning the air filter and spark plugs, and starting up the mower once it is warmed up from sitting in the sun.
Turn the mower on its side to check the blade and see if there are any dings along the blade, and don't flip the mower over completely upside-down. You should remove it and sharpen it or replace it with a new blade when it is needed. Make sure you also replace the blade correctly, otherwise, you will be mowing with the blade's dull side instead of its sharpened edge.
Clean Up the Yard
Your yard is also going to need cleaning up before you can mow the lawn. Walk around the yard and its perimeter to pick up branches, sticks, trash, rocks, and other debris that has accumulated over the winter months. Mowing over any trash and debris can damage your mower blade and the mower itself.
Get out your leaf rake from last fall and use it to clean up your lawn and loosen excess thatch. The layer of dead grass blades, roots, and other debris settles between the grass and upon the soil, which can compile into a thick thatch barrier against your lawn soil. This can lead to your lawn not getting the moisture and fertilizer it needs, but with a lawn rake you can pull up this excess layer of thatch. Loosening the lawn with a lawn rake will also lift up clumped and matted lawn to prevent lawn mold.
Remove the accumulated thatch and collect it into a pile, which you can add to your yard's compost. Just be sure that you don't rake when the soil is too wet, as this can pull up the lawn roots and damage parts of your grass.
For more information on how to properly care for your lawn, consider contacting lawn care services in your area.
