Spring Cleaning Tips For Your Yard

Spring cleaning is all about renewal. It’s your chance to show Mother Nature you’re doing your part to welcome warm, outdoor weather and activities. Exactly what kind of spring cleaning you’ll have to undertake outdoors depends on your yard.

Flower beds are already showing plenty of signs of life and color, thanks to emerging perennials and early-blooming bulbs. Now’s the time to gently sweep or rake up any remaining fall leaves and other debris and pull weeds before they gain momentum. With that, you’re ready to sit back and enjoy the show – or get down in the dirt and plant some bright annuals.

The real reason we dread spring yard clean-up is the lawn, right?

Argh. Last year at this time your lawn was parched. Looking worn out, despite your best efforts to keep it going during the drought. This year it’s soggy. The grass is growing again – nice, but you’d better get busy with your mowing regimen or you’ll need a weed eater or machete to cut that grass. (On the other hand, maybe if the grass gets long enough the dead spots, insect damage, and dog diggings won’t be so visible.)

Meanwhile, the weeds are growing like gangbusters, too. If you don’t get out in front of that, you’ll really have problems. Spring clean-up will turn into an all-out war you’ll be waging till winter. Don’t waste another minute. Go check your inventory of lawn care supplies right now:

• Mower and edger – yes, they probably need to be sharpened
• Gas and oil
• Bags of fertilizer or weed-and-feed
• Round-Up spray or other spot-killer for weeds
• Grass seed to fill in bare spots and holes
• Pesticides
• Rake
• Gigantic trash bags for clippings
• Calendar – mark off time every weekend for ongoing lawn maintenance

Depressing, isn’t it? And here you were looking forward to spring.

Spring cleaning is about planning in other ways, too

If you’re like most of us, you’ve spent the chilly winter months dreaming of projects to upgrade your yard. Perhaps you’ve always wanted your own personalized putting green. Or you’ve been thinking how fun it would be to have a bocce ball court the whole family could enjoy. Or you’d love to replace that hot patio or pool surround with something cooler and softer underfoot. Or you want to install a play area just for your kids or dogs.

Artificial grass from Heavenly Greens is the perfect solution for every one of these projects. That’s because we offer numerous types of synthetic turf products, designed to perform beautifully under different conditions. With artificial grass, instead of working up a sweat on spring cleaning your yard, you could be using it instead. Hmmmm.

Oh, and by the way, Heavenly Greens makes outstanding faux grass to replace that time-consuming, expensive lawn.

This sounds way better than yard work, doesn’t it? So why not put off spring cleaning for just a little longer and check out our gallery of Heavenly Greens residential installations. You’ll get great ideas for your yard, dogs, outdoor living, and putting greens (or that bocce court).

Spring cleaning your yard is work, but it’s also energizing. You’re setting the stage for a beautiful and ever-changing display from now till winter. If you’ve planted your beds wisely, you’ll have visual interest in your yard throughout the winter, too. And if you’ve “planted” wisely when it comes to your lawn, you’ll have it all – lusciously green grass year round with virtually no maintenance required, regardless of the season.