Spring is just around the corner, and with it, brilliantly blossoming greenery and bursts of color. Fresh from winter’s thaw, spring is when your landscape is supposed to look its best. However, there’s some work to do. Here are some season tips to have your landscape looking brilliant this spring:
Clean up the yard
After a long winter, one favor you can do your yard is to give it a thorough cleanup before you begin the more difficult landscaping tasks.
So, check the landscape for small branches or fallen sticks and add them to your compost pile. You can also rake away wayward trash that may have settled in your garden beds.
Prep the equipment
Before getting deep into landscaping activities for the spring, it’s important to prep your tools, particularly the lawn mower.
So, pay attention to the machine’s blades and ensure they’re sharp. If you don’t have the technical expertise for hands-on tuning, feel free to contact a landscaping company to handle the sharpening to protect your fingers and preserve the blades.
Carry out weeding
Spring is a crucial time for weeding, as it’s an opportunity to tackle them before they have a chance to mature fully, saving yourself plenty of work in the coming months.
Ensure that the weeds are eliminated to the very root while taking care not to disturb new flowering growth.
Fertilize the space
Springtime is crucial for fertilizing, as it helps strengthen the roots of your plants and trees, keeping them nourished until the summer.
Fertilizing your lawn in spring can also help with weed control, ensuring your plants grow healthy without pesky weeds competing for space and nutrients.
Rebark the woodchip sections
If you already use organic materials like bark or woodchips around trees and flower beds, take the opportunity to add a fresh layer to these areas.
A fresh layer lends the soil protection against the elements, weeds, and erosion. It also looks better than leaving the old grey, decomposed layer from winter.
Prepare the planting beds
After ensuring the soil is ready to host new plant life for the coming months, the next step is to prep the planting beds.
Ensure that the planting beds are ready, raking away debris and old leaves from the plant beds with an edging tool to create natural and neat edges around the beds.
Prune trees
Pruning trees in the spring prepares them for maximum blooming, helping them flourish and produce new limbs.
Eliminate damaged and diseased branches and prune flowering trees to encourage the growth of new flowers and buds.
Let your landscape bloom this spring
Your landscape has the potential to look its absolute best in spring, and taking the right steps ensures that your yard will be the envy of your neighbors in the coming months.
As a professional landscaping company serving Montgomery, Upper Bucks, and Lower Lehigh, Gerhart’s Landscaping Services can help with the necessary landscaping tasks. Contact us today get started.