With the leaves almost upon us, the window of opportunity is closing on certain tasks. Use these top 5 last-minute to-do's to ensure you're on the right track.

1. Preparing Your
Lawn For Mid-Fall
Lawn AppreciationL a w n C a r e C o m p a n y
The top 5 tips on making sure your lawn is
fully prepared before the leaves start
falling
By: Michael Abbaspour

2. Presentation Objective
The objective of these slides is to provide you with
actionable steps and tips to make sure you are fully
prepared to deal with mid-fall.
When I say mid-fall, I mean that 1-2 month window in the
middle of the season when all of the trees begin to lose
their leaves at a maddening rate.
To further clarify, these are meant to be a checklist of
sorts to make sure you take care of any last-minute tasks
you had wanted to in late summer, early fall. Otherwise,
you will lose your opportunity as these become much
more difficult and next-to-impossible once mid-fall
arrives.

3. Remove Existing Leaves
Treat Bare Areas in the Lawn
Clean OutYour Gutters
StartWinding Down Sprinklers
Cut Back or PlantTrees/Shrubs
The Master List
Here are the main objectives we will be
going over:

4. Remove
Existing Leaves
4
Leaves Become
Overwhelming and Build Up
They CanAlter pH Levels
Within Landscape Beds If Left
ForToo Long
Cause IndentationsWithin
Your Grounds
Provide Issues For Newly
Planted Grass Seed
The Why

5. Tips ForRemoving Existing Leaves
• When up against a bigger pile of leaves, or an area where you
have less mobility (against a fence, inside a garage, etc.), a tarp
becomes your best friend. In these types of instances, a blower
will slow you down.
Use aTarp
• Wet leaves are a NIGHTMARE.They’re much harder to remove
due to the absorbed moisture increasing the leaves density. If
you can maneuver and plan your leaf clean-ups around the rain,
it would save you potential headaches.
Wet Leaves Are the
Worst
• You need to consistently clean-up the leaves in your yard.
During mid-fall the trees lose their leaves like they’re on a
mission and they build-up ridiculously fast. If you let it go for
too long, it will get to the point where you will spend way more
time cleaning than you normally would have
Be Consistent
• For this time of the year, it’s in your best interest to get the
highest-quality rake you can find. Rakes are very fragile, and
when up against leaves, you need something sturdy that can
handle the upcoming battles.
Don’t Buy a Cheap
Rake

6. Treat Bare Areas
in the Lawn Leaves Falling OnTop of Seedlings
Blocks Nutrients and Sunlight
Exposure
WaterWill Have aTougherTime
Effectively Reaching the
Seedlings
Seedlings NeedTime to Grow
You May Need toWinterizeYour
Sprinkler System If It GetsToo Cold,
Removing a MajorWatering Source
The Why
MoreTips on Seeding
Your Lawn in the Fall

7. Clean Out Your
Gutters Gutters Build Up the FastestWhen
Trees LoseTheir Leaves
Due to Overflow,This Could
Potentially DamageYour Gutters
They Become Harder to Clean
Out
Gutter Build-Up Just Means
Heavier Erosion ForYour Lawn
The Why

8. Start Winding
Down Sprinklers If You Have Irrigation,You’ll Need to
StartThinking About Flushing Out
the System
IfYou Don’t Have Irrigation, Put Away
Any WateringTools OnceWeather
Starts Cooling Down Severely
Leaves BlockWater From
Effectively Entering the Ground
Any Seeding Performed Should
Already Have Gotten Past its Initial
Growth Period
The Why

9. Cut Back Or
Plant Shrubbery Fall Season Provides the Best
Growing Conditions For Many
Species of Shrubs
Thanks to the CoolerTemperatures,
PlantsWon’t RequireAs MuchWater
Similar to Grass Seed,YouWant to
Plant the Shrub and Give itTime to
Grow BeforeTemperatures Become
Too Low
Any ShrubsYouWant to Shape or Re-
Define Need to Be Done Before
Temperatures DropToo Low
The Why

10. Thank You For Reading!
Check Out Our Leaf Clean-Up
Service SoYou Don’t Have to
WorryThis Season
Read Our Article On Sprinklers
Scheduling SoYou Can Get
Any Last MinuteWatering In
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