Looking for lawn help......

[dcheels]

I currently have Scott's lawn service with our lawn - 7 treatments over the year, and the cost is : $413. I'm not happy with the results to be honest, for the money.... does anybody have a recommendation for a person, or small business that does lawn care that is reasonable, and really good? All I am looking for is to make the grass as green as possible, and get rid of some of the weeds... I seem to have some spots in the lawn of variable colored green grass, and I'm looking for the plush dark green grass in uniformity..... thanks!

[Jerry]

www.ultraturfinc.com

I've been using them for a couple of years now. I also get seven treatments per year and pay $55 for each ($385 total). I don't have an irrigation system and my lawn still looks like a hunter green carpet after looking like crap for a few years while I treated it myself with Scotts.

[dcheels]

Jerry - how much do you have to water your lawn, if at all, with the treatments?

[Jerry]

I only water when it rains

The summary of service and instructions for mowing/watering that UltraTurf leaves on my door will tell me if/when I should water and how/when to mow.

I'm pretty bad about watering in the treatments, but I usually follow the instructions for mowing (mowing height and if I should bag my clippings).

[Villager]

We just researched that for ourselves and got estimates from ProLawn, Scotts, Lawn Design, and Rock Water Farm. ProLawn did the most thorough analysis of the lawn and provided us with a hard copy of the analysis. Lawn Design is also a local company and seemed thorough. Scotts we kind of ruled out because they didn't offer much other than just fertilization for us - The others seemed more like a full service operation and put forth some effort in the estimate. Ultimately we went with Rock Water Farm for a balance of service and price. So far the only thing Rock Water Farm has done for us is to mow and edge but next week they will come do a yard cleanup and then begin the fertilization and weed control processes.

www.lawndesignva.com
www.prolawn.com
www.rockwaterfarm.com

[twohokies]

We use Natural Lawn and have been very happy. We pay $55 per service and I think there are 7 per year also. Our landscaper was impressed by the quality of the grass when he came by this spring for clean-up/mulching work.

http://www.naturalawn.com/

[kvandyke1@aol.com]

Try NuLeaf...they're organic. They provide fertilizer, tick and weed control applications. So far I'm impressed!

[dcheels]

Thank you guys for the responses - super helpful!!

[mikec]

Originally Posted by twohokies

We use Natural Lawn and have been very happy. We pay $55 per service and I think there are 7 per year also. Our landscaper was impressed by the quality of the grass when he came by this spring for clean-up/mulching work.

http://www.naturalawn.com/

TwoHokies, how big is your lawn? I have 1/2 acre and if it's still $55, I would definitely consider this.