Lawn care service
Need a lawn care service for the season?
Mowing, edging, fertilization, weed control, aeration and overseeding. Describe what the yard needs and you’ll be connected with a lawn care company serving your area.
Call (877) 360-4657
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What happens when you call
You say roughly how big the yard is and what bothers you about it. You’re connected with a lawn maintenance company covering your area. Ask them to look at the property and put the schedule and the price in writing before the first visit.
Mowing
Cut, trim and edge on a schedule
Feeding
Fertilization through the season
Weeds
Pre-emergent and broadleaf control
Thin or hard ground
Core aeration and overseeding
Walkthrough
Grass type and problems — Cool-season or warm-season turf, which weeds are in it, where it stays wet, where it is bare. That decides the mowing height, the feeding plan and the timing of everything else.
Service visits
Mow, trim, edge, blow — Usually a set interval through the growing season. Ask what height they cut at, how clippings are handled, and whether edging beds and clearing walks are part of each visit.
Feeding and aeration
The seasonal work — Fertilizer timed to how the grass grows, weed control timed to when weeds germinate, and core aeration to open compacted soil so roots and water can get down.
Follow-up
Through the year — Thin spots overseeded, weeds that break through treated again, and the schedule adjusted for drought, heat dormancy and leaf fall. Ask which of these are in the agreement.
Work a lawn care company can take on
Weekly or biweekly
Lawn mowing service
Cut, string-trim, edge and blow off the walks. Ask for a height set for your grass type and an interval that keeps each cut to no more than a third of the blade.
Ongoing
Lawn maintenance
Mowing plus the seasonal work around it — spring and fall cleanups, leaf removal, bed edging, shrub trimming where it is offered.
Feeding
Fertilization
Feeding spread through the growing season. Ask about the rate and timing — one heavy application can burn the lawn or push soft growth.
Weeds
Weed control
Pre-emergent before crabgrass germinates, broadleaf treatment for clover, dandelion and plantain, and spot work on what comes back.
Compaction
Core aeration
Plugs pulled from the soil so air, water and fertilizer reach the root zone. A common fix for hard ground, heavy clay and worn traffic lanes.
Bare patches
Overseeding
Seed into aerated soil so it holds contact and germinates, instead of scattered on a compacted surface where much of it never roots.
Waiting makes it worse
A lawn does not stay still while you think about it. Weeds that flower set seed, and crabgrass seed can sit in the soil into later seasons. Treat this month and you deal with the plants you can see; wait until they seed and you are treating next season’s crop too. Meanwhile thin turf lets light to the soil, which is exactly what those seeds need to germinate, so each missed cycle makes the next one harder.
Timing is the other half, and it does not wait for you. Pre-emergent has to go down before germination to work at all, overseeding and aeration want the soil temperatures of early fall for cool-season grass or late spring for warm-season, and compacted ground that never gets opened keeps shallow roots that brown out in the first dry week. Miss a window and the next one is months away, with more bare soil to recover by the time it comes around.
Common questions
What will it cost?
It depends on lot size, how much trimming and edging there is, and which treatments you want. Ask for the price per visit and the price of the full season before you agree to anything.
How soon can they start?
Ask what the next opening in your area is and which interval they run, weekly or every other week. Say so on the call if the grass is already long.
How high will they cut it?
Ask for the cutting height in inches and get it in the agreement. Taller cuts shade the soil and help crowd out weeds; very short cuts do the opposite.
What is not included?
Aeration, overseeding, soil testing and insect control are often outside a mowing agreement. Ask which of them are extra and what each one costs.
Describe what the yard needs
A cut you have stopped keeping up with, weeds taking the lawn, bare patches, ground too hard for water to soak in — one call connects you with a lawn care company covering your area.
Call (877) 552-2758