Do-it-now-landscaping.com News:Way to a better yard starts now -

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Summary:
/ The Detroit News Sara Zobl and Cesar Sanchez of Berns Landscaping Services prune last year's perennials and decorative grasses at a Grosse Pointe Park home.Todd McInturf / The Detroit News Steven Schmidt of TruGreen ChemLawn fertilizes a customer's lawn in Rochester Hills.Professional full-service treatments -- including all the bed care, shrub-trimming, fertilization, deeper treating and mowing -- can cost in the ballpark of $20,000 per year."You get what you pay for," says Jim Berns of Warren's Berns Landscaping Services Inc.· Ask for referrals and listen to word-of-mouth.Now's the time to get cracking, because what you do to your lawn in the coming days and weeks could determine how good your grass looks come that big outdoor luau you're planning for July."It's going to wake up your grass a little earlier and green it up," says Ted Kraus of Applegate Landscaping in Novi.The best time to lay down that initial layer of fertilizer is around the middle of April.Science-wise, Kraus says, it's best to get it down when the soil reaches temperatures of about 55 degrees.It's essential to make sure the fertilizer contains crab grass pre-emergent, which kills crab grass seeds before they germinate and make your lawn look like a crab grass farm.Wait until your grass greens up, and if it looks like a patch of your lawn was done in by snow mold, rake it out, top dress it with a little soil and reseed.

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