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5 Spring Clean-Up Tips for your Yard

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Does the approach of spring have you anticipating the green grass of summer?   Our lawn care company near Annapolis can help you make sure your lawn is ready with 5 tips for spring lawn maintenance.   The health of your turf is directly related to how well it can access air, water, and nutrients.   Aeration and dethatching can be key to opening up your soil and ensuring the roots of your lawn are able to breathe, receive nutrients, and drain properly.   Looking at your soil quality and pH and treating accordingly is another way to enhance the health of your grass.   Raking, pruning, and trimming are also important, as is effective weed control.   Here is why.      1) Aeration .    Puddles, worn patches, thinning grass and a lack of growth can all be signs your yard needs to be aerated.   Soil becomes compacted for a number of reasons, and when that happens, it makes it harder for your grass to take in nutrients through the roots.   This limits water, nutrients, and air getting to yo

Tick Prevention and Control with Lawn Doctor

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  This time of year, we love getting outside. The weather is starting to warm up, the days are getting longer, and your backyard tick problem is just around the corner. This year there’s no need to sacrifice any outdoor fun, because Lawn Doctor of Annapolis is here to help keep all the bugs, ticks especially, out of your yard through the spring season and beyond. Below, we’re talking about three important steps on controlling pests in your yard: how to prevent, control and maintain a bug free yard in Annapolis for you and your family.            Prevention Starting with preventative measures is key and top of mind for our plan to keep ticks out of your yard. First, we cut back foliage to control potential habitats that pests can thrive in and when necessary, we replace them with plants that are unattractive to deer and mice - both tick-carrying animals that may find themselves in your yard from time to time. To really amp up tick preventative measures in your yard, we assess t