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For people who use lawn services (extra interested if you use Lawn and Landscape Gardens services)
I put this on lawn and garden, but I didn?t get any responses yet?.
I had a big impulse buy. I bought TWO Groupons for Lawn and Landscape Gardens so $180 worth of services. It had a ticker that counted to 25 and it said limited quantity available and I foolishly clicked ?buy? thinking it said only 25 could be bought and I would not have time to look into it.
I was hoping for grass fertilization and weed control for some really tough thistles. They say they do ?granular lawn applications? which I hope is the weed control part. What does ?lawn application mean?? It looks like people think ?applications? should start in March (although, it was still snowing in March). Would it be of value to me to start this late in the season? An ?application? costs $40 for a half acre; I have less than a half acre so it looks like I will have lots of money left over.
What else would be beneficial to my yard? I have about .32 acre yard, 2 year old blue grass sod, and slight hill with no sprinklers (they do not install sprinklers). I have a rock garden around the house, but not very many plants in it. I have a flower garden, but it bumps right into a pond with cattails so they can?t use any chemicals there.
They offer the following things that I thought I might be interested in, are they helpful and when during the year should it be done:
Aeration: my next door neighbor gets this done every year and his lawn looks nice, but all I know about it is that it end up looking like a goose pooped all over it.
Spring and Fall Clean-up ? we only have a couple small trees and not many leaves fall, is something else involved in a clean-up. This spring was had many patches of dead grass and our yard looked rough, but my husband got it cleaned up ok.
Mulching ? ?
We do not need snow removal, lawn mowing or any constructions services. Just mainly I want to keep my grass healthy and try and kill the dang thistles.
Re: For people who use lawn services (extra interested if you use Lawn and Landscape Gardens services)
We have a lawn service to fertilization & weed control. Most places suggest you do 4-6 treatments over the course of the season, at least that's what I found when I did some calling around this spring. So, if it's $40 per treatment, you're looking at $160-$240 for the season just for that service. If you want it to make a difference in your lawn, one $40 is not going to be enough.
We paid about $425 for the season, which included a 10% discount for pre-paying at the beginning of the season. Our service includes 4 fertilizer treatments (granular), 2 weed control treatments (liquid spray), core aeration and overseeding in the fall, and de-thatching in the spring. That was the cheapest plan I could find for those services, and I got quotes from 5 companies. Granted, I paid a little more for organic treatments, but still, it adds up fast!
You can EASILY use up $360!
Mr. Sammy Dog
When they did a de-thatching, did they just rack it up? If so, I think my husband did an ok job if this (although a bit late).
Sounds like I wont have a issue spending the $180. Glad to know an "application" can kill weeds.....what kinds of weeds did it kill?