Lawn Care Services
Martys Landscaping
Lowell, MA 01851978-454-0100
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Selecting a Lawn Care Service
Kermit the Frog once crooned “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” If you have a lawn, you can relate: It’s not easy keeping things green. Here's how to plot a course, whether you call in the pros or go it alone.
Do Lawn Care Services Know What They're Doing?
The proposals Checkbook's undercover shoppers get from lawn care services rarely agree on identification of weed species, presence of disease, need to correct soil acidity, and recommendations on core aeration.
What Do Lawn Care Services Do?
Lawn care services work with different products and techniques, but the results they promise are similar. Companies usually offer customers a selection of “packages” that include specified treatment plans to take place over the course of a year.
Work You Still Have to Do
Even if you hire a lawn care service to keep your scene green, there are still many important tasks left for you to do—or to pay someone to do.
Are Lawn Care Chemicals Safe?
To minimize health risks from all treatment solutions, read the warning labels on the containers; lawn care services will provide copies of labels upon request.