Yard maintenance during the fall, lowers the risk of plant diseases next spring. Raking the lawn, clearing the fallen leaves would ensures your grass will not get suffocate under the burden. Starting early also ensures the task half done before spring is in bloom.

CLEANUP :

The best first approach for spring cleaning your yard is to take a clear-eyed survey of the landscape and set the cleanup tasks. It pays off to lay out a proper schedule of what is to be done.

TRIMMING ORNAMENTAL GRASS:

Cut back any grass leftover from the winter. They provide food for the birds but they also provide shelter for mice. Trim them before there is new growth .

MULCHING AND EDGING :

Mulches are helpful, cool plant roots, smother weeds. But they should be removed at an earlier stage of spring, as their over growth tend to hide growth of any other plants stems. So pull them back just before spring and let them grow when the other plants have settled it. Crisp edging is necessary to avoid the growth of the garden on to the pave-way.

CLIPPING AND TRIMMING PERENNIALS:

Some perennials retain their leaves during winter. They need to be clipped and cleared of any dead branches, to maintain the foliage and encourage new growth.

WEEDING AND COMPOSTING:

Damp the soil to pull out the weeds, do not store them for compost. Dig in around all perennial plants and compost. This loosens the soil to allow air and water, needed for plant health.

SOIL AND FERTILIZING:

Check your soil, how you left it at fall. If the soil seems rich enough, a top up of slow release fertilizers and compost would spurt the plant growth. Early spring fertilizers and then a late one in spring, ensures your plant health before summer sets in.

DIVIDING AND PLANTING:

Many perennial plant grows in clump, and tend to widen the clump as it grows. The center starts drying and it starts looking more like a doughnut . Divide and plant just before spring and though dividing is a kind of abuse, the plant recovers quickly and well.

These tasks can sound daunting if you have a big yard. In this case, you can contact a domestic cleaning service provider who would plan and clean your garden according to your needs. We provide domestic cleaning services in Perth, and are qualified to do the task, do contact us if you need help.

Once your yard is ready , plant the veggies and blooms and watch them spring !