How Important is Lawn Care in Central Oregon



Landscape health is something many homeowners do not take into consideration. Simply mowing and watering lawns will not improve the life and health of the property. Edging, lawn care, mulching and pruning are essential for the longevity of your lawn. There are two processes that involve this choreography. Landscape Maintenance & Irrigation. Both are critical to your land value and the longevity of your property.

Landscape Maintenance

There are four processes to maintaining your landscape. Lawn care, edging, mulching and pruning. Lawn care involves soil testing, seed awareness and planting (what type of species you have so we don’t plant the wrong type – bluegrass, fescue or ryegrass) and cutting. Lawn care in Central Oregon involves the right amount of water because of the high desert climate. The cut of the grass is important too as the lower you cut the grass, the less sun it gets for nutrition and the higher you cut is the same due to a covering it produces.

Edging fulfills two purposes. Lines and look. The lines show the border and give an appealing look to it. Edging blocks all kinds of species from crossing its borders depending on how to lines were created. Edging also keeps the lawn in place so there is no overgrowth. After all the edging is complete (trimmed), the look is an art in itself. There are three types of edging. Spading, curbing and trimming. All three processes involve durability and resistance to erosion. Edging divides the landscape from all of its elements.

Mulching helps the pH balance of a landscape and fertility of the soil. Mulching attracts earthworms, controls pests, provides nutrients for the soil, helps retain moisture, controls weeds and is very appealing to the eye. Pruning is the removal of twigs, branches, buds or roots that are diseased or damaged due to the climate. By eliminating decay and insects from infesting a tree, for example, pruning allows more sunlight and oxygen to permeate. All of the landscape maintenance above must work in tandem to keep the harmony and ecosystem flourishing.

Irrigation

There are four common parts of irrigation in Bend, OR. Activations, additions, installations and repairs. Without proper irrigation, the landscape health dwindles fast. The high desert needs proper irrigation for any landscape to exist. Every year, homeowners and businesses have to turn off their underground sprinkler systems by shutting off the water and forcing the water out of the pipes by force (pumps - blowing). This is due to the unpredictability of freezing here in Redmond, OR. If this doesn’t happen, water expands when it freezes and cracks pumps and pipes. Every year, we have to check the pipes for leaks after activation.

Since the winters are harsh, additions happen every year due to wear and tear or upgrades. Pipes and extensions actually twist and turn during weather patterns so adjustments and additions are quite common. Repairs are also common place every year for sprinkler systems. It’s important to understand all of the sprinkler manufacturers (Hunter, Toro, Rain Bird. K-Rain, Weathermatic, Hydro-Rain, Signature and Irritrol to name a few) as each one is different. Additions sometimes are a hodge podge of mixing some of the above to achieve certain flow and angles. Installations are performed by us. Here is a handy checklist of what needs to be thought of before we start digging.


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