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Essential Tools For Fall Yard Maintenance

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Essential Tools for Fall Yard Maintenance

Choosing correct products will determine the health and beauty of your yard. If you properly care for your yard throughout the fall, the results will be extraordinary in the spring and summer. The following products are the essential to yard maintenance and will ensure that you have the yard that you want.

A rake is essential to protecting your yard in the fall. Allowing autumn leaves to remain on the ground will cause dead spots by not allowing necessary sunlight to reach the grass. Use a plastic rake or a mulching lawn mower to keep your yard healthy. Fall is also the perfect time to use fertilizer in order to protect the ground from temperature changes and stress. Use a fertilizer spreader and a slow release fertilizer to safeguard the health of your yard.

Weeds are unsightly and destructive. Fortunately, it is much easier to pull weeds with a weeder. A simple tool that you place over the weed and pull it out without getting on your hands and knees. Likewise, you can conserve energy when planting. Plant any flower bulbs in the fall, and to make this task easier use a bulb planting tool that the will speed up this tedious chore.

It is possible for roots to build up above ground. Known as thatch, these roots can starve the ground of oxygen, water and sunlight. Use a dethatching rake to remove thatch. The best time to use this tool is early autumn. Fall is also the time to use an aerator. Aerate a yard when the soil is compacted. Using an aerator will allow essential nutrients and water to reach the roots. Manually aerate the soil if your yard is small, but a large yard might require an electric aerator. Keeping the yard watered is essential for its health. A soaker hose will protect your grass and trees in the cold and dehydrating winter months. Using a soaker hose or root irrigator in the fall and early winter, before the first freeze, will protect your yard from potential damage.

Properly caring for your yard in the fall will allow you to enjoy its beauty in the spring and summer.

Scott Kessman, Active Web Group


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Dan Cardot
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR

Thank you for the tips...and the reminder.  Maybe I'll gift my wife with some bulbs this fall.

Sep 28, 2011 06:26 AM
Sandy Acevedo
951-290-8588 - Chino Hills, CA
RE/MAX Masters, Inland Empire Homes for Sale

Hi Scott, good job on the tips for fall. How about mulch to protect plants from the cold?         

Sep 28, 2011 07:14 AM