{"id":1164,"date":"2017-07-10T20:04:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T20:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:41:33","slug":"lawn-care-checklist-for-summerville-homeowners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/lawn-care-checklist-for-summerville-homeowners\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn Care Checklist for\u00a0Summerville-Area Homeowners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is here &#8211; and that means your lawn has come alive once again. It also means you have a lot of work ahead of you. Where do you begin? As Summerville-area lawn care experts, Lawn Doctor of Charleston knows there are a few basic essentials to focus on. Here&#8217;s a look at them:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clean-Up &amp;\u00a0Soil Testing for Your Lawn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If your lawn is like most, it&#8217;s looking a little messy after winter. That&#8217;s why lawn clean up is a good first step to take. Raking up leaves and picking up twigs and branches will eliminate places where insects and other pests like to hide. It will also expose the grass to more sunlight. As you rake up debris, just make sure you go easy on the turf and don&#8217;t damage it in the process.<\/p>\n<p>As Summerville-area lawn care experts, Lawn Doctor of Charleston can tell you it&#8217;s hard to determine what your lawn needs to get and stay healthy without occasional soil testing. With a soil test, though, you can find out about any nutrient deficiencies and also test the pH level. That way, you&#8217;ll know\u00a0which elements are missing from your soil and what nutrients to add to remedy the problem.\u00a0And now is the perfect time to have one performed.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Weed Control and Lawn Care in Summerville<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether you have cool-season or warm-season grasses, an application of pre-emergent we<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2016\/01\/2015-guys-pictures-003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"beautiful front lawn free of weeds from our lawn care in Summerville\" width=\"365\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2016\/01\/2015-guys-pictures-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2016\/01\/2015-guys-pictures-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2016\/01\/2015-guys-pictures-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2016\/01\/2015-guys-pictures-003.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>ed control can boost the health and appearance of your lawn. This approach simply treats weeds underground\u00a0before they break through the surface of the lawn. However, if you plan to spot seed any bare areas in your lawn, you may want to hold off on applying herbicide since it can prevent germination.<\/p>\n<p>Lawn care can be tricky. It can be hard to know which products to apply, in which amounts, and when. That&#8217;s where the Summerville-area experts in lawn care \u2013\u00a0Lawn Doctor of Charleston \u2013 can help. We&#8217;ll perform a full lawn evaluation, identifying problem spots and challenges. We&#8217;ll then develop a custom lawn care plan designed to meet the needs of your unique lawn. We can even offer year-round maintenance care to keep\u00a0your lawn looking its best in spring, summer, winter, and fall.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to hand off\u00a0your lawn care checklist\u00a0to the\u00a0local experts? Call\u00a0Lawn Doctor of Charleston\u00a0today at\u00a0843.873.5711 for a free evaluation. We provide<strong> <a href=\"\/summerville-sc\/lawn-care-local\/\">lawn\u00a0care services<\/a><\/strong> to homeowners throughout Summerville, Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, and West Ashley, SC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is here &#8211; and that means your lawn has come alive once again. It also means you have a lot of work ahead of you. Where do you begin? As Summerville-area lawn care experts, Lawn Doctor of Charleston knows there are a few basic essentials to focus on. Here&#8217;s a look at them: Clean-Up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawn-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lawn Care Checklist for\u00a0Summerville-Area Homeowners - Lawn Doctor of Charleston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawndoctor.com\/summerville-sc\/lawn-care-checklist-for-summerville-homeowners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawn Care Checklist for\u00a0Summerville-Area Homeowners - Lawn Doctor of Charleston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Summer is here &#8211; and that means your lawn has come alive once again. 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