Fall Lawn Care Advice

September is the perfect time of year to pay a little extra attention to your lawn and prepare it for a cool season ahead.  The long days of intense heat are slowly coming to an end and cooler days are just around the corner.  It’s easy to fall under the notion that the arrival of fall means no more yard work, but the truth is, that this is the perfect time of year to perform certain lawn care activities.  If you engage in just a few lawn care activities now, your lawn will reward you in the Spring with a rich green color and healthy growing grass blades.  Below we have listed some fall lawn care tips that help provide such a promising environment.
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A couple of things that are important to do are to continue mowing and watering your lawn as needed.  Often, more rainfall occurs in the fall than in the summer, so you will need to decide when to water your lawn based on local weather conditions.  As you draw closer to the last one or two mowing jobs of the year, cut the grass a little lower than you have throughout the hot summer months.  When you leave your grass cut short throughout the dormant winter months, the sunlight can easily penetrate the crown of the grass.  Also, the shorter the grass blades, the less amount of grass that can turn brown during the winter months.

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