The best way to ensure your home has a lush and thick lawn is to maintain it once a week. Fortunately, you don’t have to do that yourself. According to Statista, 90% of landscaping companies provide clients with lawn maintenance services. Depending on where you live, there should be many options for lawn maintenance services. Here’s why routine lawn maintenance is important for your home.

Grow Healthier Grass

Grass that is mowed once a week enjoys a weekly inspection by experienced landscaping technicians who can help to ensure the grass is healthy and produces a lush and thick lawn. Regular trimming with a mower ensures every blade of grass can access sunlight, moisture, and any nutrients that might be added via fertilizer. The small clippings also provide food for the growing grass.

Minimize Weed Growth

A landscaping crew can keep an eye out for weed growth and help stop it from spreading when any might be found. A healthy lawn will make it harder for weeds to take root or encroach upon them, but technicians can apply weedkiller and pull up weeds in tree and flower beds to help stop them from taking root and spreading to other parts of your lawn and landscape.

Keep Pests Away

Tall grass makes a good home for pests like mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks, that might try to enter your home. If you have dogs or cats who go outside, fleas and ticks might try to hitch a ride and wind up inside your home. Regular mowing will help to deprive pests of cover and keep them away from your home and lawn as much as possible.

Identify Irrigation Problems

Whether you have an irrigation system installed, use a garden hose and lawn sprinkler, or just rely on the rainfall, landscaping technicians can keep an eye out for any problems while maintaining your lawn. A suddenly marshy area due to water saturation might indicate a problem with an irrigation system that a landscaping contractor could fix. You also might have areas that are not getting enough water, which a garden hose and sprinkler could correct.

Enhance Curb Appeal

When your home has a lush and green lawn that is in good shape, it has better curb appeal than one that does not. Regular maintenance can keep the lawn looking its best with sharply-edged borders. A good lawn and landscape can make your home worth more.

If you're interested in hearing more about lawn care and landscaping services, reach out to us today. Rock N' Block is proud to have over 20 years of combined experience and to offer free estimates. We are excited to work with you.