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How To Maintain Your Lawn

The lawn of the future, the one you’ll always love.

Owning and maintaining a thick healthy lawn, isn’t as difficult as you think! Many people think that to maintain a good lawn you must spend hours of backbreaking work in order to have it the way you want it. Luckily, this doesn’t have to be the case. I have the information for your green lush bed of grass without overworking yourself and living with constant stress.

I’m here to equip you with the knowledge and tools to get you the beautiful lawn you want. Lawn care is complex and requires allot of attention, but with a little advice I can give you the most attractive lawn in the neighborhood.

The tools you will need are:

•  A ride on lawnmower
• A push mower
• A rake
• Seed
• Fertilizer
• Water

These tools will enhance your lawn by doing the job they were meant to do. The ride on lawnmower clears the large areas of the property the push mower clears the perpetrator and small to reach areas. The rake will be used to rake up the cut lawn trimmings so you don’t get dead lawn patches. The seed will be spread after cutting to cover dead areas and the fertilizer will enhance the growing properties of the seed. Last but not least the water is the natural growing product that all living things need especially lawns and fresh seed.

Provided you acquire all the tools discussed above you will not have a problem growing a great lawn.

Get Started on the Lawn of Your Dreams Today! Healthy lawns are within your grasp, weather you decide to use my advice or your own on you journey to a beautiful lawn, I’m here for you. Go ahead and get started today and be a proud owner of the greatest grass on the street.

How to Maintain Your Riding Lawn Tractor

 

As winter is ahead and you have probably already done your last fall cutting it’s time to clean you’re riding lawn mower. Give it a little bit of maintenance for the spring to come. Well storage of the mower will prolong the tractors life and when spring arrives you will be ready!

Before starting make sure you clean off any dirt and grime that’s accumulated on the machine over the summer.  You want to make sure that the machine is completely off and all precautions have been put in place, so no harm come to you from either the gas take or the mower blades.

Step 1: You want to clean the mower from head to tail with the tools of choice.

Step 2: Check over the mower for any damages (For Example, cracks or anything or concern)

Step 3: Take care of those damages (If any) before moving on.

Taking care of the mower blades:

Over the summer the blades will dull and need to be sharpened, and could also be damaged from mowing over tree branches or those pesky rocks.

Step 1: You will need to remove the mower deck to look at the blades.

Step 2: Use your blade removal tool that is provided with the mower on purchase so the blades can be detached from the under mower.

Step 3: While you have the blades off, clean and check for damages on both mower deck and blades.

Step 4: Any damaged parts are to be removed and replaced for next seasons cutting.

Step 5: Have the blades sharpened if needed or replaced.

Step 6: Re-install the new or newly sharpened blades back to the under mower and the mower deck.

Change the Mower Oil

Step 1: Clean the oil filter and or replace if needed

Step 2: Drain the old oil from the engine

Step 3: Add new oil to the mower

Step 4: After adding the new oil run the machine outdoors for a couple minutes to let the new oil circulate through the machine.

Step 5: Turn off the mower in designated storing area.

Storing the Mower

Step 1: Run the fuel system dry

Step 2: Let the mower cool off before storing

Step 3: Store the mower in your designated area

Step 4: Cover the mower with a drop cloth so that the mower does not hold moisture.

With your mower clean and ready for winter storage, you will have a beautiful working mower for your next summer season!

 

 

How to Trim your Hedges

 

Hedges are shrubs planted close together. Hedges are used for a number of purposes; to beautify your lawn, privacy or to boarder a certain area. Trim your garden hedges often to prevent them from overgrowing and looking bad. Follow these steps to trim your hedges and maintain a beautiful landscape.

Step 1: Put stakes in the ground in order to make a boarder cut for the trimmer. This outline will be placed at each corner of the hedge for desired shape.

Step 2: You want to tie a string to those posts in order to make the shape you want to cut. Cut of any branches that grow past that string.

Step 3: Now that the string is tied to the lower ends of the posts now you can tie a string to the top of the posts. Also cut any branches that grow past the string.

Now that you have your posts in and the strings attached you have the base outline of the shape you’re going to cut, whether it be a rectangle or square. For the pro hedge cutters even a sphere.

Step 4:  Start to trim the hedges with either shears or electric shears for a faster job, using the strings as your guide start cutting at the top of the hedge and work your way down the sides. Some spots may need to be down twice but don’t worry you will see what needs to be fixed.  Keep the top of the hedge round slightly to allow sunlight to be evenly spread out over the hedge.

Step 5: After you are finished trimming the hedge you can remove the string and stakes and take a step back to look at the great work you have done. You may want to fertilize the hedge because that amount of cutting and trimming may shock the hedge and that could lead to it dyeing. This will also help the hedge grow faster and look full and healthy.

Hedge trimming is an art of sculpting you can create whatever comes to your head. But if you need and hand that’s where Armstrong Quality Landscaping comes into play!