If you want your yard in Oklahoma to emerge in the spring looking vibrant and colorful, you want to establish good yard maintenance habits in the fall. These habits include plant trimming, debris cleanup and leaf removal, lawn mowing, and mulch replenishment. Trimming your plants will make them look manicured so they can enter the spring season in their best shape. Removing leaves and debris will ensure your grass and plants can absorb the resources they need to become stronger and survive the winter season. Meanwhile, lawn mowing gets the grass blades at the right height for efficient nutrient absorption and prepares it for winter dormancy. Replenishing the mulch in your landscape beds will keep them looking pristine while providing a stable environment for your plants to grow during winter.

Trimming Keeps Your Plants Neat & Manicured

Trimmed shrubs near the sidewalk in Tulsa, OK.

Trimming your plants in the fall is a great way to prepare them for the spring. This landscape maintenance task involves cutting off overgrown branches that might be making your plants look messy. Getting it done in the fall will restore the manicured appearance of your plants and give them a nice, neat shape, allowing them to welcome the spring season looking their best! What's more, trimming helps open up the interior of the plants to allow more sunlight in and improve air circulation. This will help strengthen your plants before they enter winter dormancy so they can bounce back quickly in the spring.

Remove debris and leaves from your yard to maintain its access to vital resources.

Crew removing leaves out of a lawn in Tulsa, OK.

One of the most important habits you'll want to establish for your yard in the fall is regular debris cleanup and leaf removal. During this season, leaves and other debris can quickly accumulate in your yard, covering your lawn and landscape with a thick blanket that blocks their access to beneficial resources. Removing leaves and debris allows your yard to absorb nutrients, water, air, and sunlight—resources that help it become stronger and survive winter so it can come out in great shape come springtime.

What's more, letting debris and leaves pile up can be detrimental to your lawn's health. Here's why: leaves and debris trap moisture and don't let air flow properly, creating a moist and dark environment that's perfect for insects and diseases. Insects love this kind of environment because it provides them with a nice, cozy place to breed and hide. Meanwhile, prolonged exposure to excessive moisture allows various fungi to develop and thrive.

Lawn mowing keeps your grass at the perfect height!

Mowed lawn in Tulsa, OK, underneath a tree.

Mowing your lawn in the fall will get the grass blades at the right height for optimal nutrient absorption, paving the way for healthy growth in the spring. Keeping your grass at the perfect height in the fall helps encourage photosynthesis and promote stronger root growth, which in turn equips your lawn with the strength to get through winter dormancy. This allows your grass to bounce back in the spring healthy and looking great.

Install mulch in the fall to maintain healthy plants and improve your landscape's appeal.

Mulch on a landscape bed in Tulsa, OK, beside a walkway.

Another helpful yard maintenance task that you want to tackle in the fall to ensure a vibrant and lively landscape in the spring is mulch installation. Replenishing the mulch ground cover in your landscape beds in the spring will allow your plants to reap the intended benefits. Mulch helps retain soil moisture and regulate soil temperature, which means your plants will have a stable environment during the winter season. This will give them the best chance of surviving winter's cold temperatures and coming out in the spring in great shape.

Keeping the layer of mulch at the right thickness allows it to provide its intended benefits!

Call us today to sign up for our lawn and landscape maintenance services!

Here at LBR, we offer lawn and landscape maintenance services, like plant trimming, leaf removal, fall yard cleanups, lawn mowing, and mulch installation, to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, OK, and surrounding neighborhoods. These services will ensure your yard is in its best shape in the fall so it can emerge in the spring in tip-top condition! Call us today at (918) 252-5296 to sign up for any of our lawn and landscape maintenance services.