Looking after your lawn and garden is a one step in the right direction of creating a home with curb appeal. Whether or not you look after your lawn care maintenance or turn to a professional, there are many things you can do when caring for your Langley property.

Many Langley homeowners decide to hire a professional lawn maintenance company to look after their lawn and garden.

Lawn maintenance companies offer a wide range of services from power raking, aeration, liming, and fertilization to gardening and mowing. Before you hire a company though be sure to investigate who they are and what they offer.

Request and check references from lawn maintenance companies and make sure that the company is licensed in your province or state (you’d be surprised how many aren’t).

Consider what services you want. You may decide to the lawn care service provider handle certain aspects of caring for your lawn, while you handle the rest.

If you would rather not deal with chemicals then there are numerous lawn care services that specialize in organic lawn maintenance.

There are numerous lawn and garden companies that service North Langley, South Langley, Walnut Grove, Port Kells, Fort Langley, Brookswood, Willoughby, High Point Estates, Milner, Aldergrove, and other pockets of the Langley municipality.

Start your search for a Langley lawn care service right here.

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All lawns, even those with very little maintenance requirements will need nutrients at some point in time.

The period of time right after the lawn is seeded is the most critical since the grass is not yet established. The grass will benefit from these additional nutrients in the fertilizer and the extra care in applying it.

There are both chemical and non-chemical (organic) types of fertilizers and the kind that is right for you depends upon the type of grass and soil in your area.

It is best to consult with a lawn care professional or even a local nursery to find out what type of fertilization your lawn might need. There are test kits that can be purchased online or at nurseries, that can tell you what nutrients your lawn is lacking.

A great fertilizer resource to turn to is Scotts.com. They make numerous chemicals for your lawn and garden, even some that are organic.

Mowing your lawn is one of the most popular lawn care tasks homeowners face every season. It’s also a big part of keeping a lawn healthy is mowing.

For those of us residing within Langley, British Columbia, we deal with cool season grasses. Because of this, it’s important to keep the blades longer at 2-3 inches.

By mowing the right number of times in a month and also at the right height, you’ll be pleasantly surprised how you can minimize raking, weeds, fertilizing and the need for dethatching (power raking).

It’s important that you cut your lawn often enough that you never clip off more than 1/3 of the length of the grass blades.

Remember to keep those lawnmower blades sharp.