Your home begins outside its walls. Your yard is part of it, the first part anyone sees. We love our landscapes and want to take good care of them.
Of course, landscape maintenance isn’t just mowing every week or two (although that is very important). Instead, landscape maintenance is all about patience and attention to detail.
To take good care of your property, here are Custom Acre’s Top 10 Landscaping Tasks!
Pressure Washing
We’re starting with a ringer! Pressure washing is never the first task someone thinks about when they hear about landscaping. But your hardscaping, fencing, and home need it. Keeping your home clean makes it look better, increases your property value, and prevents it from distracting from all the beautiful landscaping work we’ve completed for you!
Water
Water is about three-quarters of your body and vital to one hundred percent of your landscaping! So we install irrigation systems to give lawns and gardens the water they need, where they need it (the roots), and when they need it (auto timers).
Drainage and Grading
Too much water can be as big of a problem as too little. Overwatering can cause drainage problems, erosion, plant loss, property damage, and even health problems.
Properly grading your land and setting up a drainage solution will ensure your water distributes evenly and prevents flooding of your yard or home.
Mulching
We could go on and on about mulch, and we do, but not here. Mulch brings the yard together like the right area rug in a room.
Not only does mulch come in every shape, material, and color you could ever want to match or accentuate your gardens, home, and lawn; it also serves multiple vital functions!
Mulching prevents weeds, retains moisture, and insulates your gardens from temperature changes.
How much do we love mulch? Maybe too mulch.
Mowing Your Lawn
Lawns need mowing. But there’s more to mowing than just cutting grass.
To mow a lawn property, you need to know what type of grass you are cutting. Different species have different optimum heights. Not only that, but each season has different recommended lengths.
Mowing your lawn right also means using the right equipment at the right time.
Good Edges Make Good Gardens
They say good fences make good neighbors. Well, good edges make good gardens. Without a defined border, you cannot appreciate the beauty of your lawn and gardens because they will bleed into and diminish one another.
Seasonal Cleanup
Here’s a task that’s getting nearer! You should clean up your property at least once or twice a year, depending on your needs.
Seasonal cleanup removes dead plants, debris such as branches and leaves, and any ole junk that doesn’t belong on your property.
It’s a time-consuming task that requires attention to detail, but it’s also essential to allow healthy growth. Dead plants and other debris can bring mold and lawn disease. It can also block living plants from getting what they need.
Planting and Installing
You can’t have a landscape without plants. And you can’t have plants without planting.
The initial planting of seeds or installation of plants is one of the most exciting stages of landscaping. It’s also one of the most crucial.
Planting is all about potential. So when it is time for you to add plants to your landscape, whether that’s new sod, trees, or flowerbeds, Custom Acres is here for you.
Tree Work
Finally, let’s not forget about tree work! Trees need water and fertilizer just like all plants, but because of their size and longevity, trees also require specialty tasks.
Trees need trimming and pruning. Both processes involve cutting back foliage, but the process and focus differ.
With trimming, you change the general shape of the tree by cutting off the ends. When pruning, you remove the dead or unhealthy branches. Trimming and pruning help divert the plant’s energy and resources to the healthy parts of the tree and stimulate growth.
What’s the Plan?
We said plants start with a seed, but your landscape starts with an idea. Therefore, planning your landscape before performing any work on it is essential.
Custom Acres will always discuss your short and long-term plans for your yard with you before beginning any work. Knowing where something is going is important before starting the trip. We want to ensure that what you do today won’t ruin your plans for tomorrow.
So we’re here for you if you have a landscaping need or have questions. We offer custom solutions for all your outdoor needs, so let us know how we can help!