Prepare Your Lawn for the Months Ahead

As you know, winter comes quickly and can really linger, leaving lasting effects on your lawn and landscape. But, there are a few simple lawn care tips and tricks that can ensure your trees and grass come back and flourish in the spring. Before the snowflakes begin to fall, prepare your lawn and landscaping from the elements with a few simple tips. As an expert landscaping company in Buffalo, we have a few suggestions on how to help your trees survive the harsh Minnesota winters.

First, before you do anything else, you should give us a call at Advanced Irrigation and we will prepare your entire irrigation system for the winter. This is a very important element in proper cold weather lawn care! We drain the remaining water from the sprinkler system, ensuring all water if removed from your pipes. We use an air compressor to “blow out” the overall network, making sure there is no water left in there that could potentially freeze and damage the system.

Next, don’t forget to consider snow removal. Ice is a common problem and many people will automatically reach for salt to melt the ice. But when you use salt to melt the ice on your sidewalk and driveway, it can damage or even kill your plants and grass. When we come to your commercial building to remove snow and ice, we use deicer that is safe for your plants and grass.

Have you ever seen your tree begin to bloom and then a frost destroys all those little buds? Wrapping your trees can help with that! Sometimes, when the sun hits the bark, this can cue the tree to emerge from dormancy. And later in the day, when the sun goes down, parts of the tree can be hurt when the temperatures drop. Wrapping your trees can help protect them and help them regulate their temperature. Wrapping your trees can also protect them from animals and the like.

After any snow fall, you should go out to your yard and gently shake the snow off of your tree branches if the snow that fell is dry and fluffy. You can use a broom for this task, but be gentle. Keep an eye out for snow that is building up on the branches and, if it is safe, run outside during the snow storm to shake the branches if necessary.

So, are you ready to learn more about hiring our Buffalo landscaping company for all of your landscaping needs this winter? Call Advanced Irrigation at 612-599-8675 or you can contact us to get a Free Estimate on our services.