Spring Organic Lawn Clean-Up Checklist

This past winter was brutal with all the snow we got in the Northeast. April has started out cold as well and when it seemed like the weather finally broke there was another week of cold and even more snow! After this weekend though, we should be in the clear.

While the blistering cold should now be behind us it's still not shorts and t-shirt weather but it is warm enough to work outside comfortably and get the lawn and garden ready for spring. The grass is already starting to perk up and buds are growing on the perennials. The weeds, well, as always like they like to get a head start.

Here's a list of tasks to get your organic lawn and garden ready for the season.

Spring Outdoor Power Tool Tune Up

Changing Of the 'owers

After a long, cold winter with a ton of snow Spring is finally here. It got off to a slow start but temperatures have finally gotten high enough to work outside without freezing my tail off. It's the perfect time for the changing of the 'owers. Time to tune up and prepare my outdoor power equipment before the green really starts growing and to get my snow blower ready for storage. A few simple tasks once a year will help keep your mower and other equipment running smoothly for years. My lawn mower is getting close to 20 years old and has never needed service neither has my hand me down snow thrower which is over 20 years old.

Over winter I had to buy a new snow thrower, this spring I wound up getting a new lawn mower and I'm going to be using Royal Purple Synthetic Motor Oil in my outdoor power equipment for the first time.