Besides boosting curb appeal, a well-kept lawn provides a perfect landscape for outdoor activities during summer. Hiring landscaping services to take care of your lawn is a good investment as it raises the home's property value. Below are three lawn-nourishing landscaping services for an appealing and trouble-free lawn.

1. Lawn Trimming

Regularly mowing your lawn is the best way to train your turf grass to thicken up and grow in a dense mat rather than a bunch of tall sprouts. Additionally, landscaping services may find managing overgrown grass difficult as it wears out mowing blades. Long clippings used as mulch may also suffocate your lawn. Lawn trimming improves nutrient recycling since right-sized clippings used as mulch release nutrients back into the soil. During trimming, keep the blades on your mower sharp, as dull blades will damage the grass and cause it to dry out through frayed tips.

2. Pest and Weed Control

Keeping your lawn fertilized is the best way to control weeds and pests since a healthy lawn can force out weeds and resist pest attacks. Ideally, professionals will feed your lawn with quality fertilizer. However, if you have weeds infesting the lawn, the best solution is to use a weed killer that also feeds the lawn so that it can kill the weeds while building a more substantial, healthier property.

Some pests live deep in the soil or turf thatch and are hard to spot. However, their effect is noticeable through dead patches on the lawn. These pests include weevils, ants, and more. A low-toxicity insecticide is effective against all sorts of pests. While applying pesticides and herbicides, always stick to the manufacturer's recommended rate as under-dosing won't control the problem, while overdosing may scorch your lawn.

3. Watering

According to Business Insider, lawns cover 2% of the entire United States. This much grass needs a lot of water to stay healthy. Artificial grass requires regular hosing to remove dirt such as pet waste and grease. On the other hand, irrigation is a vital landscaping service that keeps natural turf grass green and healthy. Applying moisture sensors, efficient sprinkler heads, and micro-drip technologies will dramatically increase your water savings.

The best time to water the lawn is early morning before daytime temperatures rise. Also, avoid watering on windy days as doing so increases the evaporation rate. A rain gauge can help you keep track of the watering, indicating how much water the lawn received. Over-watering the property will cause shorter root systems to develop, making the grass more susceptible to drought and fungus infection. If you need a rain sprinkler to water the lawn, position it so it only waters the yard and doesn't reach the sidewalk or driveway.

Frequent mowing results in a denser lawn, while lawn feeding hardens the lawn against pest and weed encroachment. Additionally, you can use herbicides and insecticides to eliminate pests and weeds. Artificial grass requires washing to remove dirt, while proper irrigation is vital to succulent natural grass. Contact Ward's Lawn Service to get started with these and other landscaping services.