Summer Lawn Prep Tips and Suggestions

| | Landscape Management, Turf Management

Well into spring, summer is right around the corner. Your lawn mower should be well practiced by this point of the year, as should your rakes and other gardening and lawn care equipment! Being one of the most trustworthy lawn care services in the Twin Cities, Classic Lawnscape has a few ideas on what you can do to prepare your lawn and landscaping for summer and the growing season.

Mow

The lawn mowing process helps ensure the overall health of grass and soil. Many of your contemporaries do not mow their lawn often enough, many also cutting the grass far too short. Get the blades of your mower set properly by utilizing a higher setting. Longer grass grows in thicker and healthier. In keeping your grass at a higher height, the overall root system of your lawn will better prepared to endure general dryness, drought—even insect infestation.

Mulch

Buy yourself some mulch to lie in and around flower beds and trees. Layers of mulch should run roughly two to four inches in depth, helping keep your plants retain warmth and moisture. Mulch also acts as an effective buffer against erosion and runoff of soil due to rain.

Rake

A little raking will go a long way, enhancing your grass’ ability to grow. Your lawn has likely accumulated some level of debris from fall through spring. Clear out the mess to make sure your grass is healthy. Raking boasts the added benefit of also loosening top layers of soil, encouraging healthy and needed air flow.

Water

If you are someone who does not water your lawn, please start doing so, immediately! Water your lawn on occasion, when you do, do so sparingly but be sure to be penetrative, fully saturating all areas. Just water a couple of times a week and that should do the trick in the absence of rain. Your grass in effect will learn to dig deeper into the soil to get the water it needs, allowing for stronger and healthier growth.

You are free to handle all of these tasks yourself, but could also eliminate the burden of carrying out all of these chores by calling on us. In addition to the lawn care services, we provide irrigation management, designing and installing a lawn sprinkler system for your grass and landscaping!

Do you need professional lawn care services in the Twin Cities? Call Classic Lawnscape at 763-780-7231 or contact us and get a Free Estimate.

Reasons to Hire a Landscaping Company

| | Landscape Management

Your yard is your personal playground, your kingdom, your piece of the world. You always want your property looking its very best. Be sure your lawn is impressive when you entertain friends and neighbors. Then again, why just have a lawn? Why not create a beautiful landscape filled with flowers, plants and shrubbery? Homeowners and families have counted on the professional services of our local landscaping company at their Andover properties years. Here are a few reasons you should consider hiring us too.

If you have found that your lawn looks worse every year, filled with Bermuda grass or weeds in general, our landscaping company can choose and apply the right type of fertilizer for your grass. In hiring us, we have professionals who know fertilizer—what type to use for your grass or plants and how to apply it correctly. Attempting to handle this task yourself, you could end up purchasing an erroneous choice or just implementing it wrongfully. Then you get to shell out more bucks to fix the damage.

If you are tired of having only grass to look at, why not have a planter installed? Our professional landscapers can easily get you squared away with flower, plants and shrubbery as well as standard accompaniments like mulch.

You may think that hiring a landscaping company is not a wise investment, but think about how much you would spend on gardening and landscaping products and spending all of that time out there yourself.

Landscaping companies save you time. It will no longer be you out there sweating and getting sun burnt every week on hot summer days! Leave the back-breaking labor to us!

Some of the services offered by our landscaping company include:

  • Spring pruning of material from winter
  • Spring cut back of perennials, shrubs that bloom
  • Pre-emergent herbicide occasional and as-needed
  • Bi-weekly weeding of beds
  • Shrub-shaping as new growth emerges
  • Pest management
  • Bed line edging
  • Landscape mulching
  • Fertilization
  • Annual flower bed installs and tending
  • Install of fresh landscape items

Are you interested in learning more about landscaping company in Andover? Call Classic Lawnscape at 763-780-7231, or you can contact us to get a Free Estimate.

Time to Think Spring Plant Care and General Landscape Management

| | Landscape Management, Turf Management

The calendar indicates warmth ahead, even though the weather has not. Harsh winters take a toll on once well-groomed properties. Damaged or dead plant life can hinder the growth of your annuals, perennials and shrubbery. The soil, coming out of a deep freeze, needs love and care to bloom out that deep, welcoming green grass. It is time for spring clean-up, preparation and landscape management in the Twin Cities. Here are some things you can do to enhance the health of your landscape as we move into our balmier months.

• Annual plants do not handle winter well. Once spring rolls around, seek out soggy, spongy, unhealthy brown growths. Yearly by nature, remove those plants and replace with new. As part of an effective landscape management plan, these waste materials are great for composting!

• Perennials often fall prey to similar issues faced by their annual counterparts with regard to soggy, spongy and unhealthy brown leaves. Do not make the mistake of assuming these plants are dead. Being recurrent plants they have a strong rootstock and thus will regrow, outwardly from those very roots. Be patient and give them some time to grow back, well into the new season.

• Shrubbery needs only minimal treatment come spring. Simply look for areas of discoloration as well as broken branches. Simply remove these blemishes and allow for standard, optimal growth.

• The Five Steps of Spring Maintenance For Shrubs and Trees: Inspect, Prune Dead Branches, Plant New Trees, Mulch Your Landscape and Fertilize Plants.

• Your lawn needs love after a cruel winter. Break out the rake (yes, leaves again, but also accumulated matter). A compacted soil prevents healthy grass growth (seek out moss—a good indicator of general compaction, soil acidity and need for aeration). If moss is present, a good liming of the lawn can help reduce the acid content. Should you find barren patches in your yard, overseeding (filling those patches with seed) with a nitrogen-based seed is a solid plan of attack (this typically is a more effective treatment when used in autumn). Nurture the health of your lawn through fertilization (composting or simply using a mulching mower are effective fertilizing means). Your to-do list in spring landscape management should contain most of these tasks.

• Of course, if you do not wish to perform any of these landscape management tasks yourself, and you reside within the greater Twin Cities area, you may call in the professionals at Classic Lawnscape!

Are you interested in learning more about professional landscape management services in the Twin Cities? Call Classic Lawnscape at 763-780-7231, or you can contact us to get a Free Estimate.

Four Reasons to Hire Professionals for Snow Removal

| | Snow & Ice Management

When it is the dead of winter and a snowstorm hits, the last thing you want to do is leave the warmth and comfort of your home to make your way to your commercial property in order to shovel, plow and de-ice. Not only that, but if you don’t have the right equipment or technique, the job could end up taking you much longer than it should. These are two of the many reasons we recommend hiring a professional snow removal service in St Paul. Here are a few others.

  • As mentioned, you might not have the right equipment for snow removal. Sure, you probably have a shovel or two, but do you have a snow plow and snow blower? Our snow removal service uses plows and snow blowers (as well as shovels and other tools) to quickly and safely remove snow, so hiring us means you will never have to worry about having the right tools to get rid of snow and ice.
  • Commercial snow removal services like ours also know how to do the work safely. You don’t have to worry about being injured while shoveling sidewalks or falling while de-icing walkways. Our snow removal team will handle this work so you can stay safely indoors and not have to worry about falling and getting hurt.
  • Over the long term, hiring a professional snow removal service could end up saving you money. You pay us our snow removal fee and you never have to worry about buying new snow removal equipment or making sure you have enough de-icer on hand for the next blizzard or ice storm.
  • The most important advantage of professional snow removal? Peace of mind. You never have to worry about safely making your way to your commercial property. You never have to worry about doing any of the grunt work. And you never have to worry about what kind of mess your commercial property will be in after a severe snowfall. Our team will head to your business either during or right after a snow fall, and we will take care of the plowing, shoveling and de-icing. That way, you know it’s safe for you, your customers and your employees to travel in and out of your commercial property.

Are you interested in learning more about professional snow removal in St Paul? Call Classic Lawnscape at 763-780-7231, or you can contact us to get a Free Estimate.

Tips for Safe Snow Removal

| | Snow & Ice Management

While this hasn’t been the snowiest winter on record for us, we’ve still seen plenty of flakes. And with those flakes comes one of the most dreaded of winter chores: snow removal. Minneapolis business owners know they can trust us for all of their snow shoveling and plowing needs, so here are a few tips on how to safely shovel and remove snow at your home.

  • Depending on how much snow falls, you might want to consider going out and shoveling every few hours after only a few inches of snow have fallen. It’s much easier to shovel 2 to 3 inches of snow than 2 feet of snow!
  • Treat snow removal like you would any other type of exercise. Do some stretching before you start shoveling and wear breathable layers of clothing so you don’t overheat. Try to wear fabrics made out of cotton or silk. If you get too hot and start sweating, you could end up over-heating and becoming dehydrated.
  • Make sure you wear good boots that will keep your feet warm and dry during the snow removal process. Along the same lines, make sure those boots have good traction as well so you are less likely to slip and fall.
  • When shoveling, push the snow out of the way. Do not lift it. This will help save your back and other muscles from getting sore, and it is a much more effective way to remove snow from your sidewalk and driveway.
  • Take breaks during the snow removal process as well. Make sure you drink water during those breaks, and listen to your body. If you feel that you need a break to go inside and rest, do so. The snow can wait!
  • Keep an eye on and be aware of your surroundings, especially if you are shoveling near a busy road. Roads can definitely be icy after a snowfall, so you want to be sure you can quickly get out of the way if a passing car starts to slide near you.
  • Keep your cell phone on you at all times too. That way, you can quickly call for help if something does come up or if you start to feel light-headed.

Do you want more information on professional snow removal in Minneapolis? Call us at Classic Lawnscape at 763-780-7231, or you can contact us to get a Free Estimate.