Preparing Your Lawn for the Winter

Getting your lawn ready for winter should be your major focus at the end of the fall season. If it is not properly taken care of, there may be some setbacks. You could end up with an unhealthy lawn, costing your more money to fix it. Here are some tips that can help you get your lawn healthy and ready for the winter.
One of the main tasks to prepare your lawn involves trimming. The lawn should be kept trimmed and clean. While some people think that it is not a problem to let the lawn grow longer because of the coming of winter, it is not a good idea. Little animals such as mice like long grass. Unless the lawn is trimmed, you may find little animals roaming around on your lawn.
It is also important to remove leaves from your lawn. A common bad practice is to let the leaves build up before raking them. However, having a pile of leaves not only prevents sunlight from reaching the grass, but it also suffocates the grass, which is unhealthy for your lawn and will turn your grass yellow. Nobody wants a yellow lawn!
Aeration is a key process in the preparation of your lawn. For those who are unfamiliar with aeration, it involves making small holes in the lawn to enable water and nutrients to reach the grassroots. Through aeration, the soil may benefit from the circulation of water, air, and nutrients.
Fertilizers helps your lawn look healthy. Fertilizing gives your lawn a pre-winter boost and makes it ready to face the cold. The main important nutrients in fertilizers include nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. While nitrogen enables roots to become strong and healthy, potassium, on the other hand, is key to enable your lawn to survive the cold. Make use of a rotary speeder to apply the fertilizer at the rate that is specified on the bag. The best way to prevent missing spots is to go back and forth across the lawn and then up and down.
If you follow these tips, your lawn should be healthy and green by next spring.