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Are you wondering how to keep your home's landscaping looking pristine? Click here for a homeowner's guide to landscaping maintenance.

A Homeowner’s Guide to Landscaping Maintenance

Posted on by Jenni

Are you beginning to notice the signs of a messy lawn? Poor landscaping maintenance can create a hazardous environment for you and your family. Your beautiful landscaping features can disappear into a sea of mud or debris if you don’t care for them the way they deserve.

Fortunately, if you notice the issues earlier, the easier they are to fix. Continue reading want to prevent these issues from arising in the future.

We’ve created this guide that tells you everything you need to know about lawn maintenance.

Creating an Annual Maintenance Plan

Landscaping care is an important part of maintaining a beautiful and healthy yard or garden. An annual maintenance plan helps ensure everything looks its best throughout the year. This may include tasks such as routine trimming and pruning of plants, pest control, and mowing the grass.

To properly care for a landscape, it’s important to keep up with necessary maintenance on a regular basis. Developing an annual maintenance plan is a valuable step toward keeping a landscape beautiful, healthy, and functioning.

Plant Selection for Easy Care Landscapes

When planning a landscape that is low maintenance, it is important to think carefully about what plants will provide the most beautiful with the least amount of upkeep. By selecting the right plants, you can create an easy-care landscape that will thrive with minimal maintenance.

If you feel you are having a hard time keeping up with your current plants, you may want to think about replacing them with many easier-to-manage plants.

Watering Practices to Maximize Plant Growth

Watering is one of the most important practices in landscaping maintenance if you want to have healthy plants that grow well. It is important to know the type of plants you have and how much water they need, as different plants have different watering needs.  Watering your plants in the morning is best, as it gives them time to drink up the water before the heat of the day sets in.

If your watering system is not ideal for the landscaping design that you want to achieve, you may consider remodeling it first. The right watering system will save you a lot of maintenance trouble.

You can check out From The Ground Up Landscape if you need help with your current landscape water system or landscape design.

Handling Weeds and Pests without Harmful Chemicals

Unhealthy soil is more likely to attract weeds and pests. To eradicate and prevent weeds, weeds should be pulled from the garden, applying pre-emergence products and carefully turned over the soil. As for pests, good maintenance also involves regularly scouting for pests and diseases.

Once spotted, appropriate action needs to be taken immediately. Pests can be addressed with natural approaches such as beneficial insects and companion plants, or with synthetic chemical products.

Follow These Easy Landscaping Maintenance Tips Today

Landscaping maintenance does not have to be a daunting task. With a little planning, goal setting, and creative design, homeowners can create a backyard oasis that is easy to maintain.

Use this guide to plan your maintenance needs, and create the outdoor retreat of your dreams! Get started today for a beautiful outdoor space tomorrow.

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