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The Best Weed Prevention There Is?
Admin • May 31, 2019
A thick, lush, healthy lawn!
Spring weeds are the bane of the lawn lover. Perennial broad-leaf weeds like dandelions and violets pop up in your lawn in spring and – before you know it – have taken it over. These weeds invade quickly and spread relentlessly, so you need to strike back at the first sign of trouble.
As with most things, the best cure is prevention but – in general – the most effective preventative steps needed to be taken last fall. But here we are in spring, and – with all the rain we’ve received in central Kentucky – the weeds are taking over lawns everywhere.
A thick healthy lawn really is the best weed prevention and control there is…
The dandelion’s tap root goes down a foot or more, so are quite difficult to erradicate.
If you’re seeing weeds in your lawn, it’s time to adopt an effective ‘weed-and-feed’ strategy. The key is to take the weeds down and give your lawn what it needs to quickly smother the remaining roots.
Bare, patchy areas in your lawn allow weed seeds to quickly germinate in the sunny, exposed soil, preventing your turf from populating that space.
Healthy grass root establishment creates tall and dense grass blades to smother weeds, and that’s where the ‘feed’ in weed and feed comes in. Your lawn needs the proper nutrients and care that will help it to thrive.
In order to know exactly which fertilizers your lawn needs, it’s necessary to first find out which nutrients your soil is lacking by having it tested. Precise feeding will ensure that your lawn thrives as it begins to grow.
Weed prevention should be specific to your lawn to treat both effectively and safely
Equally important is knowing precisely which herbicides are effective on specific weeds. For instance, many broad-leaf herbicides are completely ineffective on wild violet despite working on other broad-leaf weeds.
In addition, cutting your lawn to the correct height helps to minimize weed growth. If you cut your lawn too short, sunlight penetrates the soil and helps weed seeds germinate. Mowing with dull lawn blades can lead to trouble too – portions of grass can be pulled up during mowing, leaving patches the weed seeds will thrive in.
With the busy lives we lead these days, a healthy beautiful lawn is best left to a professional. A good deal of money is wasted each year by DIY approaches that ultimately fail to produce optimal results.
Mow Mow’s professional team has the knowledge and expertise to give you a healthy and vigorous lawn. Importantly, weed treatment and prevention can adversely effect the bee population in your area, and Mow Mow’s has the experience and knowledge needed to treat all lawn problems effectively and safely for the planet, your family and your pets.
Call Mow Mow’s today to get the lawn you desire and deserve by calling 859-475-4500
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Save money! Ask us about annual maintenance packages for pre-scheduled landscaping services year ’round.
Probably not with silver bells and cockleshells*, considering there aren’t any sandy beaches in central Kentucky 😉
February 15, 2019 Lexington, KY – Mow Mow’s Landscaping is proud to announce that it has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award (SSA) for the second year in a row! This award honors service professionals who have maintained exceptional service ratings and reviews on Angie’s List in 2017 & 2018. “The service providers that receive our Angie’s List Super Service Award demonstrate the level of excellence that members have come to expect,” said Angie’s List Founder Angie Hicks. “These pros are top-notch and absolutely deserve recognition for the trustworthy and exemplary customer service they exhibited in the past year and overall.” Angie’s List Super Service Award 2018 winners have met strict eligibility requirements, which include maintaining an “A” rating in overall grade, recent grade and review period grade. The SSA winners must be in good standing with Angie’s List, pass a background check, record a current trade license attestation and abide by Angie’s List operational guidelines. “Mow Mow’s goal has always been to exceed our customer’s expectations in quality of work, professionalism and promptness of service. It is an honor to receive this reward and be recognized for attaining this goal for the 2nd year in a row.” – Jennifer Medrano, Owner Mow Mow’s Landscaping has been listed on Angie’s List since 2017 when the company was first launched. This is the second time Mow Mow’s Landscaping has received this honor. Service company ratings are updated continually on Angie’s List as new, verified consumer reviews are submitted. Companies are graded on an A through F scale in multiple fields ranging from price to professionalism to punctuality. For over two decades Angie’s List has been a trusted name for connecting consumers to top-rated service professionals. Angie’s List provides unique tools and support designed to improve the local service experience for both consumers and service professionals. ### For over two decades, Angie’s List has provided trusted reviews and information to help millions of consumers make smart hiring decisions. Angie’s List offers more than 10 million verified reviews in over 700 service categories, providing its members a credible resource for researching and comparing local service providers. Angie’s List is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and is an operating business of ANGI Homeservices (NASDAQ:ANGI). Contact: Steffanie Finkiewicz Angie’s List 303-963-8384 mediarelations@angieslist.com You can check out Mow Mow’s Angie’s List reviews here .
If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to start your garden, this is it. It’s time to start seeds indoors so they’ll be ready to plant outside when spring begins in earnest. It’s a fun project to get you through the late winter period that’s really all about waiting for spring to finally come calling.
With this record setting cold, central Kentucky is experiencing what’s known as a ‘hard freeze.’ But what exactly defines a hard freeze? –
here’s plenty of time before spring comes a long, but it’s always fun to look through magazines like Southern Living at the beautiful gardens and landscapes featured there. They’re always lush and thriving, often filled with unique plants and flowers you may have never seen before. But before you start pining for that unusual flora, there are several factors to consider if you want to be successful in having the gardens of your dream. The four most important are sun, soil, water and zone – these factors are the key to having that green thumb. Unfortunately, you can’t count on a plant’s label to give you the whole story, it’s a generalization at best.
Happy New Year! With the beginning of 2019 here upon us, it’s time to start preparing your landscape to look its best in the spring. While it is easy to hide away from the cold winter weather here in central Kentucky, be sure to spend some time in January and February knocking out some simple yard work- beyond taking down the decorations you put up for the holiday season. Not sure where to start? Here are a few helpful suggestions:
Ice melting products can damage your landscape. Rock salt is by far the leader in causing landscape damage both in the soil and via wind driven salt spray.
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