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Lawn Care: Frequently Asked Questions Part I

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Larry

Lawn care is all about knowledge. What type of seed, how often you should mow, and what you should use to control weeds are just some of the questions you need answered before you start setting up your lawn.

Lawn Care: How Often Should I Mow?

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Grass grows fairly quickly. A good rule of thumb for mowing your lawn as part of proper lawn care is every week to ten days. Otherwise, your lawn will begin to get out of control. When you mow your lawn as you may or may not know, make sure it hasn’t rained for at least two days and also that you haven’t watered your lawn. Otherwise, instead of cutting your grass all you are doing is flattening it slightly. Then it will start to grow at all angles. Cut the grass when it is relatively dry, and then figure out what you want to do with the mulch.

Lawn Care: Mulch or No?

A lot of people argue about mulching. One lawn care professional on television will highly recommend a mulching mower, while another one will recommend that all of the cut grass should be removed to help eliminate weeds. For the record, mulching neither helps nor stops weeds from growing. It can provide a level of fertilizer for your lawn and help you to build turf effectively. Too much mulch however, particularly if you haven’t mowed your lawn in a while can lead to bare spots on your lawn. So use your best judgement on mulch. You also have other considerations if you want to mow your lawn yourself, like what type of mower to get.

Believe it or not, manual lawn mowers still exist, even more than a century after they first came out, and they do have a bit going for them. For one thing, they’re durable. A manual mower can last years or even decades, and need just a bit of sharpening every now and then. They are great exercise too. The biggest drawback they have is that they are slow. It takes two to three passes of a section of grass to get it to cut down. If you get tired, you’re better off calling in a lawn care company to mow your lawn for you.

Part two of this series on lawn care will explore gas and electric mowers, and part three will cover when and how much to fertilize your lawn.

If you need lawn care, call a professional. Green Servpro has been serving the Greater Phoenix area for over 25 years.

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Lawn Care: Frequently Asked Questions Part II
Lawn Care: Frequently Asked Questions Part III

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Lawn Maintenance: Getting the Right Company

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Larry

Getting lawn maintenance is important, and with summer coming up, its a good idea to look into hiring a service. This article explores the reason why you want to hire someone to take care of your lawn.

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Lawn maintenance isn’t bad from the fall to the spring. Grass has a slower growth rate because of the cooler weather, and the weather is much more temperate. However, summer is not that far away and Phoenix is infamous for it’s heat as this article excerpt from Wikipedia shows:

Get a Lawn Maintenance Company to Beat the Heat

Phoenix has a subtropical desert climate (Köppen: BWh), typical of the Sonoran Desert in which it lies. Phoenix has extremely hot summers and warm winters. The average summer high temperatures are some of the hottest of any major city in the United States, and approach those of cities such as Riyadh and Baghdad. The temperature reaches and exceeds 100°F (38°C), on average for 110 days of the year,[27] including most days from late May through to early September. Highs top 110 °F (43 °C) an average of 18 days during the year. On June 26, 1990, the temperature reached an all-time recorded high of 122 °F (50 °C).[28] To read more about Phoenix, please [CLICK HERE], otherwise, keep reading about lawn maintenance.

Lawn Maintenance: When You Do It is Key

Doing anything outside in Arizona during the summer is hot work, so hiring a service is your best bet. As a rule, any form of lawn care is handled in the early morning in Arizona. Even the pros know that.

Hiring the right company is important. You want a company that has experience. While the neighbor kid may have a lawnmower, if you can’t trust him to show up when you need him to, it won’t do you a lot of good. You want to get a professional in, and the best one is a lawn maintenance company.

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Lawn Maintenance for Commercial Properties

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Larry

It isn’t just homeowners that can benefit from lawn maintenance, sometimes business owners can benefit from lawn maintenance too.

When to Get Lawn Maintenance for Your Business

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Make no mistake. Not every business will need lawn maintenance. if you have an office space that you are renting from a landlord, and you’re in a high rise, obviously, you don’t even have a lawn to take care of. But what about if you own a business park?

You will definitely need lawn maintenance then. Why? Well, it is a matter of applied economics. If your business park or plaza appears unkempt, unintentional or no, it presents an image of being unprofessional. If your tenants think that the plaza is unprofessional when it is time for them to renew their lease, they will most likely gallop to another business plaza that does take care of their lawn.

Lawn Maintenance: It’s All About Image

If an unkempt lawn says ‘unprofessional,’ what does a neatly trimmed lawn say? Think about it. When you go somewhere that is pleasant including something like a lawn that is cared for with proper lawn maintenance, your subconscious remembers, and you will want to go back there again.

You think we’re making this up? It’s actually proven at least from a real estate perspective. The visual appearance of the exterior of a house is called ‘curb appeal.” The same principle that works for houses also holds true for businesses as well. People are more likely to do business with companies that give off an appearance of professionalism. One of the best ways to convey an image of professionalism is by how your business looks. And one of the best and least expensive ways of improving how your business looks is with proper lawn care and maintenance.

Green Servpro is a Prescott based lawn maintenance company. Call us today and let us show you how we can help you and your business.

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Lawn Care: Seed or Sod?

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Larry

Lawn care is all about choices. Do you use a sun mix of grass seed, or a sun/shade mix? Should you use a ground covering? Should you skip the seed completely and just put down sod?

Sod: One Type of Lawn Care

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Sod is one option you have when you’re looking at lawn care. Here are some tips from This Old House about how to lay down sod:

When it comes to getting a thick, healthy lawn, nothing beats sod for instant gratification. Sure, it costs a bit more: about $400 to cover a 1,000-square-foot backyard (double that installed). But lay it right and in a couple of weeks you’ve got a dense, well-established lawn that’s naturally resistant to weeds, diseases, and pest infestations.

“You’re basically buying time,” says This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook. “You’re paying for turf that someone else has coddled for 14 to 18 months.”

You’re also buying convenience. Sod can be installed spring through fall (and even in winter in mild climates). In areas of the country that favor cool-season grasses, like the Northeast, it avoids the problem of sprouting a nice crop of weeds when seeding a lawn in spring. And in southern states, which favor warm-season grasses like Bermuda grass, zoysia grass, and centipede grass, sod is the best way to cover the yard at any time of year, since these turf types cannot be grown from seed. [READ MORE]

Seed is another option to consider as part of a lawn maintenance regimen. There are several types of grass seed that grow well in Arizona. Each of these seed types work in different levels of light and have different watering requirements. Call in a lawn maintenance company to help you decided which type of seed you should use for your property.

If you want to use seed, plant in mid-late spring, which in Arizona is Feb-Mar. Also make sure that you put down ground covering to keep birds from eating the grass seed. After all, you want a lawn, not a buffet. When in doubt, call in a lawn maintenance service to help you seed bare spots, or care for your lawn appropriately.

Green Servpro is an Arizona based lawn maintenance company serving the greater Phoenix area.

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Lawn Care and You

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Larry

Lawn care in Arizona is often misunderstood. A good portion of Arizona’s population is from somewhere else, particularly colder climates. As a result of this, they are often bemused that their lawn which did so well in the Northeastern US does so terribly here. Arizona has an extreme environment, and as a result, grass seed from a cold wet climate will not thrive without a few extra steps that you will have to take.

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Lawn Care and Avoiding Mistakes

Lawn care is all about knowing how to adapt to Arizona. One common mistake that people make when they are trying to seed their lawn is planting the wrong sort of grass seed. From the 1950’s to the 1970’s in Arizona for example, Bermuda grass was seeded in a lot of developments as it does well in warm weather climates.

When it is closely trimmed, Bermuda grass is almost indistinguishable from other types of grass, like fescue, rye, or bluegrass. However, using Bermuda grass for a lawn has its own challenges, as any lawn care service can tell you.

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As any lawn care expert knows, Bermuda grass sends out runners that if unchecked can strangle out other plants in your garden or landscaping. If you cut the grass and these runners are entwined in any other plants, the runners will die off, leaving a dried brown matted mess of grass that takes a lot of effort to remove.

Good lawn care is all about the choices you make. Should you plant seed, or lay down sod instead? Both have their pluses and minuses. Grass seed requires that you place ground covering over the top of it. Otherwise, birds will eat up your grass seed before it has a chance to germinate. If you lay down sod, you must make sure you find the balance between too little water or too much. You need enough water for the sod to root, but not so much that it kills the grass.

Both sod and seed require that you have a bit of patience. Sod takes 2-3 weeks to root properly, and until it does, you have a bunch of squares and rectangles on your lawn. Seed requires about a month to germinate. So which is better? Seed or sod? Depends on what you want to do with your lawn. When in doubt call in a lawn care service. They will be able to tell you what will work best.

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Time for Lawn Maintenance?

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Larry

So, be honest here. It is time for lawn maintenance?

Looks like its time for lawn maintenance to us…

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Lawn Maintenance and Property Values

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Larry

Is lawn maintenance part of property estimates? Not completely, however, it is one factor that is used to determine mean property values in an area. If an area has homes that are kept up and landscaped well, they are assessed at a much higher value than homes that are dilapidated and run down. First off, what part of your property is considered the lawn?

Your Lawn and Lawn Maintenance

A lawn is an area of aesthetic and recreational land planted with grasses or other durable plants and can be defined by four characteristics: It is composed only of grass species; it is subject to weed and pest control; it is subject to practices aimed at maintaining its green color; and it is regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length.[1] Low ornamental meadows in natural landscaping styles are a contemporary option of a lawn. In recreational contexts, the specialised names turf, pitch, field or green may be used, depending on the sport and the continent. The term lawn, referring to a managed grass space, dates to no earlier than the 16th century. Tied to suburban expansion and the creation of the household aesthetic, the lawn is an important aspect of the interaction between the natural environment and the constructed urban and suburban space. To read more of this article, please click here. Whether in a large open city park or your own front yard, lawns require lawn maintenance.

Why People Prefer Lawns and Lawn Maintenance

Lawns add a bit of beauty to your home. While a lot of people try to save money by getting gravel and desert landscaping, such landscaping is not for everyone. There is actually another surprising reason to have a lawn as opposed to gravel. As they are a natural repository for moisture then can help to cool your home. Temperatures drop by 10 degrees off a lawn that has had proper lawn maintenance and watering done.

Lawn Maintenance and You

Some people can do their own lawn, particularly in a smaller space, however, it is often better to call in a company to help you with your lawn, as it can be a bit tricky without the proper seed and fertilizer. If you do need a lawn maintenance company, go with someone local.

Green ServPro is a Prescott-based landscaping and lawn maintenance company.

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Lawn Transitions

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Larry

A Beautiful lawn doesn’t happen by itself

In about 2 – 3 weeks we will start to transition your lawns for Summer, we start once the temperatures at night have consistently been at least 65 degrees. You may be starting to notice your grass changing color; your grass does this because the winter grass (Rye grass) is wilting from the temperature change. If you do see signs of the color change please do not panic and most importantly do not start “over watering” your lawn. If you start to over water your lawn because it is starting to look brown you will make it harder to transition back to your Summer grass (Bermuda).

Once we have started the transition you will notice slight changes to your lawn maintenance. We will start by cutting your grass down so that only about 1/3 of the leaf blade is left. We will rake out all the dead grass and debris from the lawn. By removing the dead grass we will make sure that the sunlight reaches deep into the soil to absorb the nutrients. The warm temperatures and the sunlight are key in making the transition smooth and effective. After we fertilize your lawn we will change the water schedule. The grass will be watered twice a week for about 15-20 minutes. By adding more water it will encourage your lawn to grow again. Once your lawn has begun to sprout we will apply ironite to help it green up.