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How To Hire A Lawn Care
Maintenance Company
When money is no object, time sometimes
is, and a
professional lawn service will take
care of many of the time consuming
chores of landscape maintenance. With
professional help taking care of
fertilizing and weeding the lawn,
protecting it from insect damage, and
sometimes even mowing the grass, home
gardeners are free to turn their
attention to other tasks that are more
interesting to them. Hiring a
professional is no reason to neglect
learning about lawn care, though, for
without some knowledge about lawns it
will be difficult to select a company
that can provide you with good, safe
service.
Your first decision when selecting a
lawn care company is whether you want
lawn care or lawn maintenance. For
general maintenance such as mowing and
trimming, a neighborhood teenager may be
the cheapest solution, and with a little
initial supervision will probably do the
job as well as you would yourself. For
fertilizer and pesticide application, it
pays to hire trained professionals who
know when and how to apply these
chemicals in a manner safe to you, your
neighbors, your plants, and the
environment.
When you are satisfied that the company
you are considering is reputable, have
the representative come to your house to
thoroughly discuss the services you
require, the services the company can
provide, and the prices involved. Walk
together around your yard, noting any
special problem areas and discussing how
the company can treat them. Find out
what the basic care package includes and
the cost of additional services. Check
into the fertilizer and pesticide
schedule, and find out what chemicals
are applied. The representative should
be knowledgeable and answer your
questions in a straightforward,
concerned manner.
Make sure that the company follows good
lawn care procedures. Discuss timing of
weed control. The representative and the
workers who perform the lawn care should
show a healthy respect for and knowledge
of the chemicals used. Proper
application is necessary for proper
results and for the safety of
surrounding plants, neighboring
property, and the environment.
Lawn service companies in Greenwich,
Connecticut are beginning to address
homeowner concerns over excessive use of
pesticides and pesticide drift with
alternative lawn care programs. They
offer such options as a fertilizer-only
option, a limited pesticide option which
involves spraying pesticides only when a
problem is evident, and a dry option
which uses granular fertilizers and
pesticides which will minimize drift
onto neighboring property. Some now use
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
techniques, with chemical controls as a
last resort. Find out if you can obtain
similar options from the company you
select. Lawn care services use low
pressure sprayers which reduce the
likelihood of drift, but extra care is
never wrong when dealing with
pesticides. And, of course, there is no
need to apply pesticide to a nonexistent
problem.
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