Simple Steps to Clean Up Your Yard

California is notoriously dry, especially during the summer. Because of this, it’s incredibly important to keep your yard clean and healthy to help prevent fire hazards.

Keeping Your Yard Healthy!

California residents are all too familiar with the dangers of having an unhealthy lawn. Sometimes this can even result in getting a call from the local fire department. Keeping your hard healthy not only looks good but also helps protect your home and your community. Recently I had a property I had to clean up and thought I’d share some thoughts with you all!

Just as you deep-clean your home in spring, your backyard requires some TLC too. Especially in California, it’s important to keep your yard healthy. Devote an early spring weekend to tidying up your backyard for tip-top summer shape. You may have to put in a little bit of work, but you’ll end up with a nice-looking yard and a rewarding feeling once you’re all done!

In fall, give your lawn extra care on weekends for a healthier lawn next spring. True, autumn is famously the season for raking leaves, but it’s also time to fertilize and reseed cool-season grasses.

Before & After Cleaning

Steps Toward A Better Yard!

Clear the ground by raking up dead leaves, then use trash or lawn bags to dispose of them.
A healthy lawn is a happy lawn. Giving your lawn the nutrients and care it needs is the best way to keep weeds at bay. Using a weed trimmer pulls weeds up from the roots, making the process quick and easy. Or you can apply a week killer to your lawn to get rid of existing weeds and prevent them from taking root in the future.
You’d be amazed at how the smallest of creatures can cause extensive damage to your backyard. There are a number of ways to control pests, including applying pesticides, using other insects to feed on them or washing them off with water
Whether they originate from disease, damage or your dog’s urine, bare spots in your backyard are unsightly. First, fill the exposed patch with a good grade of topsoil. Then, scatter grass seed over the area, but be careful not to plant too many seeds.
While grooming your backyard is a no-brainer, it’s certainly worth mentioning. Improve the overall look of your yard by mowing the grass, trimming trees and shrubs, clipping hedges, pruning plants, edging the lawn, picking up debris and washing away dirt using a pressure washer

By doing these few simple things you can start seeing major improvement in the health of your yard. Take a look at one of my properties that I recently cleaned up!

As you can see, there are major improvements made at the property I cleaned. Spending just a few hours working on your yard can help make it look like a whole new area.