Spring Glorious Spring

Hello and welcome to our new Paradise Grounds Blog!
Our goal is to provide you, the consumer, with tips and insight from the landscaping industry to help you with your lawn, and landscape care, needs, and development.
Our first tip, how to get your lawn in shape for spring.
Mowing, make the first one a short one. Let the sun get down near the base of the blade early on, and you will see any snow mold issues disappear.
Bare spots. If you have bare spots that are bothering you, now is the time to rake them with a metal rake, apply a good fertilizer that your local hardware store recommend, and rake that in as well. Top with quality seed, and water gently any morning when rain is not in the forecast.
Aeration. This is a procedure that should be done once a year. Core aeration, plug type is the best. Spring or fall works, but if you haven't had it done in a long time, spring is the time to start. It is a bit odd looking, but after a couple of rainy days you will not notice anything. The aeration not only allow roots to stretch and grow, it eleviates the pressure and stress of soil compaction, and allows both rain and nutrients to get down to the roots easier.
Well, again welcome, and for now, that's all from Paradise!