Water deeply, not daily
Most lawns need about 1 to 1½ inches of water a week, rain included, given in 2 or 3 deep soakings. Daily light watering keeps roots shallow and invites fungus.
The foundation of a beautiful property: an even, healthy, striped lawn every single week.
Mowing looks simple, but how and when grass is cut decides whether a lawn grows thick and green or thin and weedy. Most Bergen County lawns are cool-season grasses (tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass), and they do best when they’re cut often and never too short.
We mow every week through the growing season, adjust the height as the weather changes, trim every edge the mower can’t reach, and blow every hard surface clean before we leave.
Every step, so you know what you’re getting and why it’s done that way.
The crew checks for toys, hoses, branches and anything else on the lawn before a mower starts.
About 3 to 3½ inches in spring and fall, and up to 4 inches in summer heat. Taller grass shades out weeds and holds moisture.
Changing direction each visit keeps grass standing upright, avoids ruts and gives the clean striped finish.
Along fences, beds, trees, posts, mailboxes, walls and the edges of walks and driveways.
Clippings are blown off driveways, walks, patios, steps and the street.
Fine clippings break down in days and return nitrogen to the soil, like a light, free feeding.
A 2-person crew with a commercial mower, string trimmers and backpack blowers. Most Bergen County lots take 20 to 45 minutes per visit.
Simple things you can do between visits, including how and when to water.
Most lawns need about 1 to 1½ inches of water a week, rain included, given in 2 or 3 deep soakings. Daily light watering keeps roots shallow and invites fungus.
Between about 5 and 9 a.m. is best: less evaporation, and the grass dries off during the day. Evening watering leaves the lawn wet overnight, which encourages disease.
Set an empty tuna can on the lawn while the sprinkler runs. When it holds about 1 inch, that zone has had a full watering.
Cool-season grass can go dormant and tan in a long heat wave or drought. It usually greens up again when cooler, wetter weather returns.
Toys, hoses and dog waste picked up before your visit day mean a faster, cleaner cut.
Weekly Mowing, String Trimming & Blowing is part of every Full Season Plan, along with the other services your lawn needs from March to December, for one set season price.
See the Full Season PlanThe “one-third rule”: you should never cut more than a third of the grass blade at once. In spring and early summer, lawns here can grow 1 to 2 inches a week. Wait two weeks and the mower has to take off far more than a third, which shocks the grass, yellows the lawn and opens space for weeds. Weekly cutting keeps the lawn thick and even.
Cool-season lawns look and grow best at about 3 to 4 inches. Cutting shorter (“scalping”) stresses the roots, dries the soil out faster and lets crabgrass seeds get the sunlight they need to sprout.
Usually not. When a lawn is cut regularly, clippings are short, break down quickly and return nutrients to the soil. We only bag when the grass is too long or wet, or on request.
No. Leave gates unlocked and pets inside. You get a reminder the day before and a “done” email with a photo after each visit.
Mowing wet grass tears it and ruts the lawn, so we move the visit. You get an email with the new day automatically.
Usually early April through November, depending on the weather. Mowing is part of the Full Season Plan, which runs March to December.
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