A Beautiful Lawn is Within Reach - With the Help of the Experts at Relms Landscaping
Lawn Aeration
Best performed in the fall, our lawn service gives new vigor to tired turf. During aeration, we mechanically break through your turf's thatch layer and remove a 2-3 inch core, allowing air, water and nutrients to flow freely in to the root system of the plants. Maryland lawns can present some unique challenges with various quality soils, high heat and humidity, and occasional long dry spells. Relms Landscaping can service your yard to grow lush, thick, healthy grass for a lawn you will be proud of.
Broadcast Overseeding
Performed in conjunction with the Aeration service, this application includes 3-4 lbs of seed per one thousand square feet of turf area. This allows us to introduce new seed varieties into your lawn, increasing your lawn's resistance to environmental stresses.
Annapolis, Edgewater, Crownsville, Severna Park
Lawn & Grass Cutting Services including Aeration Services
Relms Landscaping services clients through Maryland with the best lawn and grass cutting services to keep your property looking great year-round. As the local expert, we know what varieties of grass work best in the variety of conditions found here in Maryland. Shady, sunny, drainage areas, and sandy soil all present challenges to a beautiful lawn - Relms Landscaping can help you to achieve a beautiful lawn with a minimum of effort.
Chesapeake Bay Friendly Lawns
There are a number of easy things Relms Landscaping and you can do to not only achieve a thick, beautiful lawn - but also help renew and restore the Chesapeake Bay. Consider some simple steps provided by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Maryland's Department of Natural Resources also offers some useful and interesting advice on maintaining a Bay-Friendly lawn.
1. Test the soil
Find out what level of nutrients your lawn already has and what it needs before you consider using fertilizers or chemicals.
Many people apply fertilizer to the lawn that isn’t needed or used, and unfortunately, it often ends up running into the nearest Bay
tributary and damages its health. Your local university cooperative extension service has soil test kits available at a very low cost. (see
Resource List below)
2. Fertilize only when and where necessary
Many people over apply fertilizer to their lawns, which contributes to nutrient loading that pollutes the Bay. After testing soil,
use minimal amounts of fertilizer only if needed and be sure to keep it off of pavements, sidewalks and driveways. If fertilizer is
needed, it is usually not needed more than once per year; fall is the best time to fertilize. Never use fertilizer for any other purposes
such as de-icing.
3. Leave grass clippings on the lawn
As an alternative to chemical fertilizers, leave grass clippings on your lawn to provide the soil with many nutrients. It is also
a great way to recycle the grass with very low maintenance.
4. Use compost as fertilizer
Another fertilizer alternative for the garden is to create a healthy compost pile that reuses food waste, grass clippings, yard
waste, and other natural ingredients to make a nutrient and mineral-rich compost that can be added to garden soil to increase
productivity and health of the soil. You can also purchase compost in bags from garden centers.
5. Mow the lawn at the proper height
Set your mower blade height to 3-inch and make sure the blades are kept sharp. Many people cut their grass too short, which
never allows the grass to get ahead of the weeds or develop a strong root system to sustain through drought. A general rule of thumb is
to never cut more than one third of the blade. If you allow your grass to stay higher, you will shade out many weeds and develop
healthy roots system. Consider using a push mower in place of a motorized mower.
6. Reduce use of pesticides and herbicides by at least 50%
Toxic chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides can poison your yard’s balanced ecosystem by killing the natural predators
and native plants that help your yard maintain a healthy diversity of living organisms. Take the time to monitor the natural systems in
your yard so that you will understand what kinds of problems might occur and can take appropriate action for that specific problem.
Adopt integrated pest management strategies around your home so that you can reduce or eliminate your use of chemicals. Make sure
that you or your lawn care professional only use chemicals when all other options have been exhausted and then use the minimal
amount needed. Other alternatives to chemicals include using beneficial insects and attracting natural predators to your yard.
7. Plant native trees and shrubs
A diversity of native plants will help your yard have less pests, disease, and weed problems as well as provide valuable food,
shelter, and cover for all kinds of critters. Ask your local nursery to provide you with a list of native trees and shrubs they offer or get
advice from the cooperative extension service.
8. Provide wildlife habitat
Wildlife such as hummingbirds, hawks, chipmunks, fox and other birds and small mammals need a source of food, water, and
shelter, particularly in areas that we’ve lost so much habitat as in urban and industrial areas. Plant trees and shrubs that provide a food
source, especially in the winter, and provide a water source. Make sure there is adequate tree and shrub cover around food and water
sources.
9. Reduce lawn size
How much lawn area do you really need? Assess your lawn use and reduce the grassy area to the minimal amount needed.
Plant buffers of native trees, shrubs, and gardens in the remaining yard that will soak up excess nutrients and prevent soil erosion.
1. Test the soil
Find out what level of nutrients your lawn already has and what it needs before you consider using fertilizers or chemicals. Many people apply fertilizer to the lawn that isn’t needed or used, and unfortunately, it often ends up running into the nearest Bay tributary and damages its health. Your local university cooperative extension service has soil test kits available at a very low cost. (see Resource List below)
2. Fertilize only when and where necessary
Many people over apply fertilizer to their lawns, which contributes to nutrient loading that pollutes the Bay. After testing soil, use minimal amounts of fertilizer only if needed and be sure to keep it off of pavements, sidewalks and driveways. If fertilizer is needed, it is usually not needed more than once per year; fall is the best time to fertilize. Never use fertilizer for any other purposes such as de-icing.
3. Leave grass clippings on the lawn
As an alternative to chemical fertilizers, leave grass clippings on your lawn to provide the soil with many nutrients. It is also a great way to recycle the grass with very low maintenance.
4. Use compost as fertilizer
Another fertilizer alternative for the garden is to create a healthy compost pile that reuses food waste, grass clippings, yard waste, and other natural ingredients to make a nutrient and mineral-rich compost that can be added to garden soil to increase productivity and health of the soil. You can also purchase compost in bags from garden centers.
5. Mow the lawn at the proper height
Set your mower blade height to 3-inch and make sure the blades are kept sharp. Many people cut their grass too short, which never allows the grass to get ahead of the weeds or develop a strong root system to sustain through drought. A general rule of thumb is to never cut more than one third of the blade. If you allow your grass to stay higher, you will shade out many weeds and develop healthy roots system. Consider using a push mower in place of a motorized mower.
6. Reduce use of pesticides and herbicides by at least 50%
Toxic chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides can poison your yard’s balanced ecosystem by killing the natural predators and native plants that help your yard maintain a healthy diversity of living organisms. Take the time to monitor the natural systems in your yard so that you will understand what kinds of problems might occur and can take appropriate action for that specific problem. Adopt integrated pest management strategies around your home so that you can reduce or eliminate your use of chemicals. Make sure that you or your lawn care professional only use chemicals when all other options have been exhausted and then use the minimal amount needed. Other alternatives to chemicals include using beneficial insects and attracting natural predators to your yard.
7. Plant native trees and shrubs
A diversity of native plants will help your yard have less pests, disease, and weed problems as well as provide valuable food,shelter, and cover for all kinds of critters. Ask your local nursery to provide you with a list of native trees and shrubs they offer or get advice from the cooperative extension service.
8. Provide wildlife habitat
Wildlife such as hummingbirds, hawks, chipmunks, fox and other birds and small mammals need a source of food, water, and shelter, particularly in areas that we’ve lost so much habitat as in urban and industrial areas. Plant trees and shrubs that provide a food source, especially in the winter, and provide a water source. Make sure there is adequate tree and shrub cover around food and water sources.
9. Reduce lawn size
How much lawn area do you really need? Assess your lawn use and reduce the grassy area to the minimal amount needed. Plant buffers of native trees, shrubs, and gardens in the remaining yard that will soak up excess nutrients and prevent soil erosion.
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