Cub Cadet Seasonal Lawn Care Tips

Lawn care is a never-ending job. For many of us, sunshine and warm temperatures indicate that it’s time to make our lawns healthy and beautiful. However, you should take care of your lawn throughout each season, even if ice is thawing and leaves are falling. Whether or not you live in an area that experiences all four seasons, these lawn care tips will help keep your lawn looking its best whether it’s spring, summer, fall, or winter.

Lawn Care Tips for Spring
In the spring, there is a list of obvious maintenance to perform on your lawn from watering the grass to fertilizing to mowing. There are also a lot of not-so-obvious things to handle once the winter snow melts. For starters, remove leaves, sticks, twigs, and any other debris that accumulated during the winter. If your lawn suffered damage from cold temps, snow, ice, snow blowing or shoveling, you should replace the divots and place down new seed.

Many people know the importance of applying fertilizer to your lawn. In spring, applying herbicides to grass is beneficial as well. However, don’t apply both fertilizer and herbicide at the same time because herbicides will restrict grass growth.

Lastly, spring is the best time to get your equipment ready to work. Make sure your lawn mower and other equipment has had basic maintenance and is working properly. If not, you will still have time to perform repairs or buy new parts before too much grass has grown.

Lawn Care Tips for Summer
During the summer you should focus on mowing your lawn and watering it. With the high temperatures that summer brings, the best way to keep your lawn healthy and beautiful is to keep the grass a little long. Do not cut your grass to less than two inches in height because when grass is cut too short it is more likely to dry out and become damaged since the mower’s blades can’t shade the soil and roots from the sun.

If you’re using a sprinkler to water your grass, make sure you move it every half hour to ensure even watering. When watering during the summer, it’s best to do so early in the morning or in the evening. When the temperature is cooler, this prevents searing or scorching your grass when the sun is at its hottest.

Lawn Care Tips for Fall
To prepare for the fall and winter, fertilize your lawn one more time. Applying nutrients before the cold months will keep your lawn healthy and recuperate quicker in the spring. During the fall, it’s fine to mow your grass shorter than normal. This shorter grass won’t get as damaged by snow during winter. Fall is also a great time to put down new grass seeds in any dead areas.

Lawn Care Tips for Winter
During the winter, you’ll want to prevent damage and breakage to your grass, trees, plants, and shrubs. To do this, shovel your walkways to keep visitors off your lawn, which keeps the grass blades from flattening or breaking. Removing snow from shrubs and tree branches will also prevent breakage.

Winter is also a good time to trim branches, if needed. When tree limbs are dormant, the plant sustains less damage than when in full bloom.

Your yard will look its best if you utilize these seasonal lawn care tips. Well-maintained outdoor power equipment and parts are also essential to a great looking lawn. Just like your lawn, inspect your lawn mower and other equipment on a regular basis to make sure it’s ready to work when you need it.