The Best in Lawn Maintenance

It's Spring in Huffman, and with warmer weather comes new landscaping tasks! We've already told you about Spring Cleanup, so now that we've gotten your lawn cleaned up, it's time to talk about maintaining it for the rest of the season (and on). We're talking mowing and so much more. But even mowing itself has more than meets the eye. So what does your property need in the way of lawn maintenance? Today, we share all the details on how to start and maintain a beautiful lawn.

How Do You Mow?

Lawn mowing is a task that everyone has done, but only a few people know how to do it right. It's not necessarily the technique that's an issue (folks' skills may vary in the pushing and riding department) but more the information that helps people to use those skills better.

Your Grass is Grass, but What Kind?

Everyone thinks they know grass, and we certainly know it when we see it. After all, over eighty percent of US citizens have a lawn. But what makes a lawn a lawn? There are over one thousand species of grass! But we call them all grass. The problem is different species have different needs. Optimal heights and growing temperature, and nutritional requirements vary by species. A good landscaper like Cut'n Edge understands that and plans accordingly.

Seasons Change, and So Does Grass

We mow differently in the Spring than in the summer. And the first mow of the Spring is different than subsequent mows. The goal of the first mow is to remove all the dead grass that protected the grassroots during the winter. After that, we mow according to your grass requirements, never chopping off too much (which causes shock) but also not leaving it so tall it collapses. We'll follow the optimum height requirements. But once summer hits, that optimal height gets higher. That's because taller grass projects it from burning. Then, once fall hits, we can cut the grass shorter again, and for the last mow of the year, we leave enough to protect the roots during the winter, beginning the cycle anew!

(Not Just) Any Way You Slice It

It's not just grass that varies. Your equipment does too. While the professional will use equipment that will last longer and work more efficiently, the number one most crucial lawn mower tip is something that everyone can do. Use a sharp blade. Lawn mower blades should be sharpened regularly. If you mow as much as we do, that's pretty often, but the general rule of thumb if you only cut a small yard is sharpen at least once per season. If you mow your lawn, can you remember the last time you sharpened or replaced your blade? Dull blades ruin the grass.

Other Lawn Maintenance Tasks

Now we get to the fun part: everything else included in a good lawn maintenance routine. These tasks take a lawn from okay to gorgeous and include edging, trimming, and blowouts.

A Competitive Edge

Other than mowing, edging may be the most vital lawn maintenance task. It creates borders that better show off your grass and keeps it out of your gardens, driveway, and hardscaping. But edging also makes mowing easier. When you define the lines of your lawn ahead of time, that's less time you need to spend doing detailed work with mowing and trimming.

Trimming, Yes It's Different Than Mowing

After we mow, we trim. Trimming is different than mowing. It's the detailed work that mowing leaves behind. Lawnmowers are an excellent tool for quickly taking care of a lot of grass. But they're less than stellar at getting into small spaces or catching the details on uneven ground. Of course, no yard is perfectly level, so that's where trimming comes in. After mowing, we go over the landscape to find any stray grass blades the mower missed and cut them down with a trimmer. We also use the trimmer to get closer to objects the mower couldn't.

Blowouts

The finishing touch in a perfect lawn maintenance routine is the blowout. We love our grass but don't want its clippings to get everywhere! So after we mow, we blow all those clipping out of your driveway, gardens, walkways, and other spaces so your property remains spic and span.

Let's Make Your Lawn Shine Like Lone Star

There's no question that lawn maintenance is one of the essential tasks of property management. It's one of the first things anyone sees when they visit your home. And if you want to ensure your lawn is perfect, the solution is Cut'n Dry.