If you’re a Massachusetts homeowner, you certainly have plenty of choices when it comes to lawn care. And let’s be real: while you want your lawn to look green and healthy, you don’t want to spend a fortune on the grass.
What are the most essential services to have your lawn care service perform?
If you’re on a budget but want your grass to look great, take a moment and do a quick assessment of your lawn. What problems does your lawn have? Knowing the challenges your lawn has will help you determine if a particular lawn care service is essential or if it can wait at this time.
For example: Is the soil super hard, with grass that only grows sporadically? You may need lawn aeration, a service in which your local lawn service uses a special machine to introduce thousands of tiny holes into the surface of the lawn. Why would you want them to do that? Well, those small holes loosen the soil significantly, which makes it easier for grass to grow. Also, those holes let rain water, oxygen, and other nutrients reach the grass roots more efficiently, resulting in faster, stronger grass growth.
But not every lawn needs aeration. If your soil isn’t rock hard and highly compacted, and your grass is growing ok overall, the number one lawn service you absolutely want to have done is fertilization. Fertilization is nutrition for your lawn. Every type of plant has its own specific nutritional needs. Your local lawn service will be able to provide a fertilizer mix that’s ideally suited for your lawn’s unique needs and growing conditions.
The reason it’s important to choose a local lawn service is they’re the ones with the best working knowledge of local soil conditions, unique environmental factors, weed and pest trends and more.
