Start the spring off right with good lawn care and your lawn will thanks by growing green and pretty in the spring and summer seasons. Spring lawn care is important in that it is the time when you can catch, diagnose, and fix any grass issues like crabgrass. The good news is that spring lawn care can be finished in 5 simple steps. Make sure you follow these steps yearly when spring rolls out and your lawn will start looking better each year!

1. Clean up the Lawn Cleaning the lawn of any debris is the 1st in spring lawn care. This step includes raking any leftover leaves, branches, twigs, and so on. This will really help to guarantee an issue free first cutting.

2. Distribute Remaining Snow If any piles of snow have accumulated and not softened then you’ll need to get the spade out and break he snow pile apart. Simply spread the snow around the lawn in areas where there’s lots of sun. This is a critical step as the snow pile could cause the grass beneath to develop and grow slower than the rest of the grass.

3. First Fertilizing Find a good manure for early spring application. It will have the right mix of fertilizer compounds for your lawn. Keep in mind to fertilize light as over fertilizing in spring can harm the roots of the grass and cause you more issues than you need.

4. Crabgrass- Remove it before it grows! Early spring is the best time for crabgrass treatment. If your grass had crabgrass growth last spring or summer than you will need to treat it this spring. The way to treat for crabgrass is with herbicide and it has to be applied 2 weeks before crabgrass germinates in your neighborhood. If you are uncertain about when this happens then you may need to consider asking a professional landscaper for some helpful advice.

5. Over Seeding Over seeding is the process of placing a significant amount of grass seeds on patchy or worn down areas or grass. This process helps to buttress and quicken the grass growth and to help it look better. If you used an herbicide for crabgrass then you may wait at least a month before over seeding.