Lawn care is a pretty serious business. In fact, the United States spends approximately $30 million dollars per year on lawn care activities. If that sounds like a lot of money, that’s because 85 million households have private lawns and to keep these lawns lush, they use about 70 million pounds of fertilizer and 80 million pounds of pesticides each and every year. A homeowner spends an average of 4 hours per week taking care of their lawn. And if they don’t have the time to do this on their own, they call in expert lawn care services. According to surveys, around 22 million homeowners hire these professionals to help them with their lawn care needs. Here are some more interesting facts about lawn care that will be helpful to any homeowner: Cutting should follow the rule of one-third, because cutting it too short may stress out the grass and may invite pests like chinch bugs. Lawn should only be watered once (or twice at the most) a week. Approximately 3% of plant species are classified as weeds. Pulling out the weeds is not a guaranteed way of killing them. The best time to apply fertilizer is in late spring or early fall. Have any questions about Lawn Care you would like to have answered? Give us a call and one of our trained lawn care professionals will be glad to answer your questions and assist you with all of your lawn care and landscaping needs.
We have been servicing clients in Shreveport, LA and surrounding communities, offering professional landscaping & landscape maintenance services at affordable prices to the community for a long time now. If we have learned anything, it’s that offering our customers the best in customer service is as important as the lawn care services we offer. Precision Scapes believes that every customer deserves a professional experience to ensure our clients are extremely satisfied with our work. Now we are improving out site to make it easier than ever to find and request the services you may need.
Make your house the envy of the neighborhood with simple projects that boost curb appeal and give your home that dressed-to-impress appearance. What’s more, curb appeal landscaping boosts property value and delivers big returns for small investments. Planting beds look sharp and picture-perfect when you first apply mulch. Over time, though, sun and weather can cause fading, giving mulch a tired appearance. You can greatly improve the look and curb appeal of your lawn, as well as your entire home, buy simply refreshing your mulch. Mulch comes in a variety of colors and materials and is spread or laid over the surface of the soil as a covering. It is used to retain moisture in the soil, suppress weeds, keep the soil cool, and make the garden bed look more attractive. Organic mulches also help improve the soil’s fertility, as they decompose. Organic mulch will decompose and have to be replaced, but in the process, it will also improve your soil’s fertility and its organic content. The dryer and woodier the mulch, the slower it will decompose and the fewer nutrients it will give to the soil.
