With the cold weather retreating and moving back into spring, it’s time to go outside and actually look at the state of your yard. It’s one thing to leave it to build up over the winter months, but if you do plan to get out there for summer entertaining, then you need to get started on your spring cleaning outside as much as you do your inside.
There are so many ways that you can make sure that your yard is in good shape for the season, and it starts with swimming pool cleaning if you have one. It’s nice to be able to have a beautiful deck, but if that deck is now covered in rain and leaves and all of the goop that happens during the winter weather, it’s time to clean that down, too. Instead of overwhelming you, we’ve put together a list of things that you could be doing to spring clean your backyard.
1. Take in and clean your bed feeders. It’s always a good idea to make sure that you have your bird feeders in by April so that you don’t attract any other wildlife or pests. The bird feeders are wonderful during the winter months where you can actually feed the animals and the wildlife that come by, but you don’t want to leave them out there. Dump the leftover feed into a bag and seal it so that you can dispose of it or store it in a secure container.
2. Take out your rake. Get the rake out from the shed, give it a clean down and start cleaning up fallen leaves, twigs, acorns or gravel. Any plant matter that you can gather should be added to a compost pile, and if you don’t have one, it’s time to start one ready for the summer. You can even bring it to a local composting company or a town pile if you don’t have one. You want to clean up large debris and do it easily, so use the paddle attachment for the ECHO PAS system. This will sweep your lawn or driveway with high-powered ease if you don’t want to use a rake.
3. Plant and prune what you can. After you’ve cleared all the flower beds of debris and weeds, then plant your annual flowers in open areas. Just don’t forget where your perennials are going to spring up because you don’t want them choking each other. Find healthy transplants at your local plant nursery and spend some time pruning off any dead or damaged branches from trees and shrubs. Obviously avoid any over pruning because you don’t want to damage the health of the plant, but make sure that you have planted and pruned enough so that your garden is going to benefit.
4. Spread out the fresh compost. Depending on the requirements of the shrubbery and flowers that you plant, you need to make sure that you have fresh compost on top. You want to keep the soil moist and fed.
