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Spring has sprung, and now is the time to start taking care of your lawn.

“I would say with the weather conditions, everyone wants to get out their and start doing something,” says Michael Haupt, the General Manager at Lakeland Lawn Care.

Haupt adds, “This time of the year you are going to notice you will have all different kinds of tunnels going through your lawn with all different kinds of dead grass.”

A problem that can be solved by raking.

“You can definitely get out there and start raking. You’re not going top hurt anything,” explains Haupt.

But don’t overdue it.

Haupt continues, “You don’t want to get into to much heavy power raking. That can do more harm than good to your lawn.”

If you have already completed raking, it’s recommended to put down fertilizer or a crab grass control.

“You want to make sure you get that down by the middle of May because that’s when the ground temperature gets above 55° where crab grass starts to germinate,” says Haupt.

But when it comes to lawn care, that’s not the only important temperature. The average low is below freezing through Mid April.

And if it gets cold enough, a hard freeze or snowfall could eliminate any new grown grass.

Haupt says, “It might be too early to put grass seed down.”

After all, an average of nearly 3 inches of snow falls in April.

Meteorologist: Andrew Thut

Your Lawn Needs Air, Too: Benefits of Lawn Aeration

by Kate McIntyre, All About Lawns Columnist

It’s amazing what a little fresh air can do for people, pets, and even lawns. While it might not be possible to take your lawn for a nice, bracing drive in the country, you can improve its health with a process called aeration. Every lawn needs to be aerated at some point in its life. To see if yours is due, consider getting a lawn analysis. An analysis will tell you about the general health of your lawn and whether your lawn’s soil could benefit from aeration.

What Is Lawn Aeration?

When you aerate your lawn, you punch holes in the soil. These holes allow more air and water circulation around your lawn’s roots, preventing fungal invasions, and they encourage the growth of healthy microorganisms in the soil. These microorganisms eat lawn thatch, a layer of dead bits of grass on top of the soil that can choke out your lawn. Aeration also makes it easier for your lawn to grow stronger, deeper roots. A good root system is essential for your lawn’s survival in times of drought.
To get your lawn aerated, you have a couple of options. You can contact a lawn care service that will come over and aerate your lawn for you, or you can rent an aerator from a home improvement store and tackle the job yourself. If you opt to aerate yourself, be sure to make a couple passes with the aerator to ensure that you have gotten thorough coverage.

When Should I Aerate my Lawn?

The best times to aerate your lawn are the spring and fall. If you have warm season grass in your lawn, spring is preferable because the grass is gearing up for rapid growth and can recover quickly from aeration. Cool season lawns grow most vigorously in the early fall, so that is a prime time to aerate them. You should avoid aerating in the heat of summer, or if your lawn is very dry. Plan on giving your lawn a good watering two days before you want to aerate.

Some lawns are better candidates for aeration than others. Lawns growing in clay soils usually need aeration around twice a year because the clay compacts easily. Lawns in sandy soil usually need to be aerated much less. Once a year should be sufficient.

Aeration is an easy way to improve your lawn’s health. By aerating just once or twice a year, you can ensure that your lawn’s roots are strong. You will see the result of healthy roots every time you look outside: an emerald green carpet of thriving grass.

About the Author:
Kate McIntyre is a writer in Portland, Oregon. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Oregon State University.

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Many of our customers ask us what grubs are and how they can affect their lawn.

Chances are good, that you have either experienced first hand or know someone that has had their lawn destroyed by grubs. We are pleased to inform you that there is prevention for this problem. We like to call our preventative grub control application “insurance for your lawn”.

White grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants. Where grubs are few, turf may look healthy because grass plants may develop new roots as fast as grubs eat the old ones. Depending on the grub species, grub populations averaging five or more per square foot can damage the root system and cause unhealthy, turf above ground. Damaged turf will readily “roll-up” like a rug.

Turf grass roots normally grow rapidly in the spring and fall, and slowly during summer. Therefore, problems with grubs are greatest in summer because roots don’t recover normally. Inadequate soil moisture may increase the problem since the few healthy roots have no moisture to take up. For this season, grub damage typically shows up during the normally drier months of August and early September, although grubs may have been feeding earlier in the summer depending on the grub species.

There are two approaches to controlling grubs: preventative (before the damage occurs) and curative (when lawns show damage). Sometimes both approaches are needed to adequately control grubs. Preventative treatments must be in place when eggs are laid. This will provide up to 95% control of white grubs. Curative treatments provide effective control of young white grubs; larger grubs are more difficult to control. Curative insecticides offer 50-75% control.

If you are interested in more information on grubs and our services to control these pests, please contact the office. A quote for the preventative application can be given over the phone. If you are interested in scheduling this service, be sure to contact the office before the end of June. The technicians will be applying the preventative application during the end of June thru mid-July.

Each year our family helps to raise money for children with cancer.  We participate in the Angel Fund Bowling Fundraiser held at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley in June.  We’re big Green Bay Packer fans and our children Ashton and Mason really love the opportunity to meet the players.

This year Mason even got his picture taken and posted on the Green Bay Packers home page!

Here's Mason Picture On The Packers Website!

Event To Benefit The Angel Fund For Children With Cancer

Packers running backs coach Edgar Bennett, along with many Packers players, coaches and scouts, will return to the lanes at Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Wednesday, June 10, for the sixth Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon.

The event will raise money for The Angel Fund for Children with Cancer Inc., an organization dedicated to giving financial and social support to families residing in Brown County whose children are receiving treatment for cancer or for bone marrow failure.

Registration for the evening begins at 6 p.m., with the bowling event and silent auction to start at 6:30. The silent auction will feature autographed Packers and NFL memorabilia.

The Green Bay Packers are proud to have Kraft Foods return as a corporate and food sponsor for the event.

Area businesses and individuals are encouraged to support the effort. Lane and individual sponsorships are available as a way to join the fun-filled evening and bowl with a member of the Green Bay Packers family.