Weekly Lawn Care
At Leisure Time Lawn our mission is simple: to give our customers back their time so they can enjoy their life – and their lawn.
Our weekly lawn care service includes mowing, trimming and blowing off all hard surfaces.
Our team follows a specified lawn care schedule so you’ll always know when to expect us. And, your gorgeous, fresh cut grass will let you know when service is complete.
You’ll enjoy a healthy and green lawn and best of all, we will give you back your weekends to spend with your family and friends.
Lawn mowing seems like a simple task; however, if it’s not done properly, it can set your lawn up for failure resulting in brown and unhealthy grass.
Proper mowing is one of the most important practices in keeping your lawn healthy. Understanding the type of grass you have, recommended mowing height, and proper mowing practices, will contribute to the health of your yard.
Leisure Time follows specific cutting practices and will provide advice to the customer in order to have a thicker lawn to crowd out weeds.
Spring Cleanup
We highly recommend a spring cleanup each year to keep your lawn healthy.
A detailed spring cleanup is a crucial step in reviving and preparing your yard for the
upcoming growing season.
It provides a great start to promoting a healthy lawn and landscape.
It is a comprehensive service and based on your property’s needs.
Our team will prepare your property for the season ahead.
The best time to book for a spring cleanup is early April right through into late spring.
Power Lawn Sweep
Northern Ontario winters will leave a large amount of stone and sand on your lawn once all that snow has melted, our team will use one of our power lawn sweepers and blowers to remove the pebbles and sand left over from the winter, allowing your grass to peak thru and flourish.
Dethatching
Thatch in your lawn, consists of dead grass, plant material (grass and leaves) and mold that has developed over the winter months.
All this lay on the surface of the soil and suffocates your lawn.
To ensure a healthy lawn after the long Northern winters, it is important to expose the soil to warmth and sunlight.
The best way to do this is to dethatch your lawn with a power raking machine.
Dethatching provides many benefits, the most important being healthy root growth in your grass.
If you have a build of thatch, healthy root growth is nearly impossible.
If the roots aren’t healthy, your grass will never become full, green and thick.
By dethatching, you are able to help circulate air deep down into the roots, providing necessary carbon dioxide.
Not only does this stimulate existing roots, but also encourages new root growth.
Core Aeration
One of the best things you can do to help your lawn is to aerate at least once a year to encourage healthy root growth in your grass.
Natural soil aeration is the process of air exchange between the soil and its surrounding atmosphere.
Core aeration is the process of mechanically removing small plugs of thatch and soil from the lawn to improve natural soil aeration.
Core aeration can help make your lawn healthier and reduce its maintenance requirements through these means:
- Improved air exchange between the soil and atmosphere.
- Enhanced soil water uptake.
- Improved fertilizer uptake and use.
- Reduced water runoff and puddling.
- Stronger grass roots.
- Reduced soil compaction.
- Enhanced heat and drought stress tolerance.
Fall Cleanup
Falling leaves are a dreaded reminder of a time-consuming seasonal chore. We invite you to skip the tedious raking and bagging this year, and let us do the work.
You may be tempted to let your leaves pile up in the fall and just mow over them in the spring.
On some properties with very little debris, this could be an option, but we don’t usually recommend it.
It’s important to remove all leaves in the fall to avoid damaging the health of your lawn. Leaves and debris that accumulate during the cold winter months can suffocate your soil, harbor moisture, and spread disease that could destroy your lawn’s root system.
It can take multiple seasons (and a lot of time, effort, and money) to repair the damage.
We will remove all of your leaves and debris and haul it off-site. No more raking and bagging – we’ve got it covered for you!
Fertilizer
Our fertilizer program covers the entire season starting after spring cleanup is complete and finishing in late September.
It includes 4 applications of optimized slow release fertilizer blends tailored to Northern Ontario. The four applications include early spring immediately after your clean up, late spring, mid summer, and then fall .
Our fertilizers are designed to release in a controlled manner while increasing soil and plant health.
They are a balanced combination of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK), providing the exact nutrients needed for each stage of your lawns growth throughout the season.
Overseeding
Overseeding is the process of adding grass seed to your existing lawn without turning the soil. This adds more color to your lawn, helps create thicker grass, replaces old grass, and introduces enhanced varieties of grass to your lawn.
Overseeding your lawn with newer, improved types of turfgrass is often the best way to thicken the lawn, and improve its health and appearance. The newer turfgrass varieties are better able to resist damage from drought, diseases and lawn damaging insects.
Garden Mulching
Leisure Time provides landscape mulching services to help improve the health and appearance of the trees, shrubs, and garden beds on your property. Our experience has shown that mulching can provide a range of benefits, including:
- Suppressing weed invasion
- Retaining water and preventing evaporation
- Keeping plant roots cool and protected
- Increasing overall curb appeal for your property
