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Winter Lawn Care Tips: How to Keep Your Lawn Healthy During the Cooler Months

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Winter  may seem like a time when lawn care takes a backseat, but maintaining a healthy lawn during Michigan’s cooler months is essential for ensuring it thrives come spring. With proper adjustments to mowing, watering, and fertilization routines, you can keep your lawn in great shape despite the cold weather. At Preferred Lawn Care, we understand the challenges of winter lawn care and are here to guide you through it. Understanding Lawn Grass in Cool Weather Michigan’s winter season lasts from December 21st to March 19th, bringing freezing temperatures, snow, and often dormant lawns. During this time, grass grows more slowly, and the focus shifts from active growth to maintaining its health for the warmer months ahead. Essential Winter Lawn Care Tips 1. Adjust Your Mowing Practices Proper mowing during late fall and early winter sets the foundation for a healthy lawn during the colder months. 2. Watering Tips for Winter While snow and rain typically provide sufficient moisture, th...
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Types of Irrigation

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The effectiveness of the   lawn care   system is often shown by an attractive   landscape . It is the result of an all-encompassing outdoor lawn care process.  Michigan lawn owners would be pleased with this accomplishment, which also shows that a desirable grass's sustainability was guaranteed. Every lawn owner would surely prefer a well-nourished lawn after using excellent management techniques, which essentially ensures that all of the needs of the lawn were satisfied. Efficient and regular lawn irrigation is one of the key elements that contributes to a beautiful and healthy grass. Why Should You Install an Irrigation System? A  lawn irrigation system  uses programmed  watering intervals  and controlled volumes of water. By replenishing damaged soils in specific locations where below-average rainfall was unable to, it aids in the maintenance of a beautiful landscape. It is necessary for the effective lawn care Muskegon residents require. Here ...
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Why Should I Install A Retaining Wall?

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Many houses, businesses, and schools are surrounded by retaining walls , but unless you need one, you usually don’t pay much attention to the retaining walls in your community. This article presents the functions of retaining walls as well as the signs and the reasons whether you need one for enhancing your home’s landscape . The Functions of a Retaining Wall Retaining walls are often used when additional support is required to keep the ground from eroding and sliding downhill. The primary function of a retaining wall is to control gravity; the construction of the retaining wall must compensate for the horizontal forces of the slope. Also, retaining walls can: Provide Useful Land – For generations to generations, people have used retaining wall methods to build landscapes of useable land on hills. Imagine the amazing terraced of ancient South American civilizations, farmers in Peru’s Sacred Valley continue to utilize the region’s Andinas, or agricultural terraces, to cultivate abundan...
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Hunter Irrigation Systems: Spring Start-up Checklist

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Spring season is finally here and the freezing temperature are gradually disappearing which means it’s time to reactivate your irrigation system and resume watering your lawn. Winters freezing and thawing may cause damages to your sprinkler system  which means you need take a few critical steps to prevent damaging pipelines or irrigation components.  With a thorough inspection, you may save costly repair or replacement. Always remember, to take a short glance at the sprinkler system’s different components before turning on the water. For Professional Services, locate the best Hunter sprinkler dealers and service provider in your area for irrigation installation, repair, or maintenance services. Preferred Lawn Care prepared this spring start-up guide from Hunter Industries to help ensure your Hunter system is up and running with ease and efficiency. Here is what you can do: STEP 1 Start by opening the system’s main water valve to let the pipes be filled with water gradually....
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