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Spring - Spread granular, slow-acting fertilizer.
- Aerate the lawn to treat
compacted soil
- Mulch with organic matter, if necessary
- Sharpen your mower blades
at the start of the season
Summer- Learn the signs of bug infestation, and head
them off before they get settled in
- Water your lawn weekly if rain is scarce or your soil is poor. Otherwise,
water only when rainfall is delayed more than 10 days
- Treat weeds and bare spots as soon as you see them
- Sharpen your mower blade again halfway through the season
Autumn- Water
trees and shrubs thoroughly mulched before the first frost
- But don’t over water! Plants and shrubs
should be expected to look a little brown in September and October
- Mulch with organic material, or mow
a layer of fallen leaves into the lawn
- Fertilize your lawn around Thanksgiving to promote strong root
growth during winter
- Cutting the grass a bit shorter just before winter to prevent its matting under snow
Winter- Put burlap windscreens around less hardy plants if they’re in exposed
areas
- Use a broom to brush snow away from evergreen trees gently, to keep the weight from breaking the
limbs
- If ice or snow does break tree limbs, have the limbs removed as soon as weather permits –
damaged trees are prone to disease
- Putting markers at the edge of your lawn will help you avoid damaging
it when you’re shoveling snow
- Avoid walking on frosted or snow-covered lawns
- Use
only non-salt de-ices for sidewalks and driveways, so the runoff doesn’t harm plants
- Salt will
damage grass, perennials, and shrubs, and will keep the plants from absorbing much-needed water
- Check
any perennial plants during periods of thawing soil to see if roots popping out of the ground. If they have, gently push them
back into place, and add mulch
- Apply a winterizing “Transfilm” application to help protect
trees and shrubs from winter damage
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