Friday, 12 December 2014

Aspiring Business Owners Look To Lawn Care Service

By Lucia Weeks


Busy families often prefer to purchase a large new home with a very small yard to manage. Often these communities are referred to as cluster-home planned communities, and they have strict rules about the maintenance of the yard. In order to avoid fines from a homeowners association, Sanford, NC homeowners are urged to hire a lawn care service.

For most people, these services are utilized simply because they lack the time it takes to maintain any outdoor space. No one wants to be the neighbor with the ugly yard, so for many it is worth the expenditure to have a beautiful area around their home. For this reason, this particular field is a wide-open opportunity for the aspiring small business owner.

With such a small yard, basic mowing and mulching is all that is required, and a new company may be able to take care of several clients in one area. Shrubs and trees represent a little extra work, but maintenance of these extra botanical delights takes place only once a year. As the task of mowing lessens, the task of trimming trees and shrubs takes over, as this must be done before January.

It is during the Autumn that one undertakes such a task in the temperate climate of North Carolina. Basically from the middle of October, when the leaves begin to fall, until the middle of December is when this task should be undertaken. New buds begin to develop during the harsh months of winter, and cutting back on branches during that time can mean no flowers or fruit in the coming Spring.

Aerating of lawns should take place at the same time, along with throwing out any grass seed. Aerating can be done by a machine, but the same goal is achieved with a brisk raking that few people bother with these days. This aeration gives new grass a better head-start towards becoming well established before the next summer.

Over-seeding is simply the practice of throwing grass seed over the existing grass in order to ensure a full and vibrant green carpet for the next year. In these temperate climates, new grass begins to germinate right away in spite of the cold nights and potential short snows. The baby grass, if kept covered by hay, can survive these chillier times and will be well-established before the heat of summer sets in.

What baby grass cannot survive is the blistering heat of summer, and this is a mistake many new homeowners make when they attempt to keep their own outdoor area themselves. Should one wait until early Spring to plant new seed, then the grass will not have the opportunity to establish itself before the heat sets in. This can result in large tracts of the yard being barren all summer long.

This creates a marketing opportunity for the budding new landscaping business to take advantage of, as this homeowner may be frustrated by their trial and error system of yard maintenance. For those who have already been fined by a homeowners association, the time to hire a professional may be overdue. The modern two-income family simply does not have the time to spend.




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