How to Clean Up Your Yard for Spring

Spring is a great time to do some spring cleaning of the outside of your home. After a long winter, there are bound to be old leaves, untrimmed grass, and bares spots in your yard. After all, few people do yard work throughout the winter. Here's how to clean up your yard for spring.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Involve family and friends. Cleaning up your yard is not always a fun task, since the winter months can take a significant toll. You'll have a lot more fun involving family and friends in your project.

2. Clean up debris. This includes limbs, leaves, trash and anything else that accumulated over the winter months.

3. Cut back overgrown bushes and shrubs. Fall and winter have provided the perfect growing opportunity for bushes and shrubs in your yard, which is one of the main reasons why you need to trim them back.

4. Reseed any grass, because the winter may have killed off some areas of your yard. Doing so now will prevent it from becoming a mud puddle once the rainy season arrives.

5. Water your yard if it is dry. In some areas there may not have been enough moisture during the winter months for your yard. Providing it with some water via your sprinklers may be just what it needs to green up and grow.

6. Cut grass if needed. If you have had a lot of water mixed with warm temperatures, spring may require that you cut your grass. Doing so will not only improve the appearance of your lawn but also help the grass grow.

7. Plant flowers. They provide color and beauty to your yard, which can really make it look nice.

Tips & Warnings

• Always wear gloves when cleaning up old leaves, some spiders use the dormant vegetation for shelter.
• When reseeding the grass, it's best to stay off of it for at least two weeks to allow the grass to grow.

[GreenGardenChic]

on 8/14/2008 Great tips.