A lawn-care plan that follows the seasons, not a sales script.
Most lawn companies sell visits. We sell a year of healthy turf — fertilizer timed to soil temperature, aeration scheduled before fall root push, water audits before the summer rate change. Here's what we actually do, month by month, on every plan.
Three layers of care, woven together.
Every plan layers weekly basics with monthly upkeep and seasonal treatments — the same way a barber gives you a trim and a real cut on different visits.
Weekly basics
- ✓Mowing with sharp reel or rotary (your choice)
- ✓String trim around posts, beds, and trees
- ✓Edge along walks, drives, and bed lines
- ✓Blow hardscape clean — never into beds
- ✓Visit photo and notes texted within an hour
Detail pass
- ✓Bed weed pull (hand-pulled, not sprayed in beds)
- ✓Walkway and patio blow-off
- ✓Sprinkler head visual inspection
- ✓Photo report of any visible turf or tree stress
Agronomy program
- ✓Pre-emergent crabgrass application (Feb)
- ✓Spring + fall fertilizer rounds
- ✓Core aeration and overseed (Sept)
- ✓Spring + fall bed cleanup with fresh mulch
- ✓Annual irrigation audit with written zone report
What we're doing while you're not looking.
A coastal North County lawn doesn't behave like a Midwestern one. Our crews adjust mowing height, water budgets, and chemistry to the actual local season — not a generic 12-month chart from a national franchise.
- Phase 01 Jan – Feb
Dormant prep
Pre-emergent crabgrass barrier laid before soil hits 55°F. Mower blade sharpening, irrigation winter check, soil pH sample pulled from three zones.
- Phase 02 Mar
Wake-up cut
First short scalping cut to clear thatch and leaf litter. Spring fertilizer round one — slow-release nitrogen, low phosphorus per CA Healthy Soils guidance.
- Phase 03 Apr – May
Heavy growth season
Weekly mowing locked in. Edges trimmed. Bed clean and bark mulch refresh on Standard and Premium plans. Spot-spray broadleaf weeds.
- Phase 04 Jun – Aug
Heat hold
Mowing height raised to 3" to shade roots. Deep-water audit on the irrigation clock. Iron application keeps color through the heat without pushing wasteful growth.
- Phase 05 Sep
Aerate & overseed
Core aeration on every Standard / Premium account. Overseed with drought-tolerant tall fescue blend. Premium plans get topdressed compost.
- Phase 06 Oct – Nov
Recovery feed
Final fertilizer — potassium-heavy to harden the lawn before winter. Tree leaves removed weekly. Sprinkler heads adjusted as days shorten.
- Phase 07 Dec
Winter watch
Bi-weekly visits for cleanup and frost watch. Free irrigation freeze drain on request. Your crew brings cocoa for the kids on the last visit of the year.
Less chemistry. More agronomy.
A lawn is a thin community of grass plants growing in living soil. When that soil is right — pH between 6.2 and 7.0, good biology, real organic matter — the grass mostly takes care of itself. When the soil is wrong, no amount of weekly chemicals will fix the result.
That's why every Standard and Premium customer gets a real soil sample pulled in their first 60 days. We send it to a UC Davis-affiliated lab and build a year of fertilizer, amendment, and pH adjustment around the actual numbers. No "weed & feed" sprayed across the whole yard. No nitrogen pushed in July just to make the grass look greener for a week.
Average water-bill reduction in Year 1, audited by our irrigation tech.
Median customer tenure. We earn it Thursday after Thursday.
Summer cut height. Higher than the industry standard 2", which protects roots from coastal sun.
Pre-emergent over-applications since we switched to soil-temp based timing in 2019.
Asked before you signed up.
Do I need to be home when you visit?
No. About 80% of our route is empty during the day. We work from your gate code or lockbox, and you get a photo and a note when the crew leaves.
What if it rains on my service day?
We bump rainy lawns to the next dry day on the same route. If the whole week washes out, we credit the visit forward — never charged for a missed cut.
Can I pause for vacation or winter?
Yes. Pause any time by text. We restart on the next route day after you say go. No re-enrollment fee, ever.
Do you do one-time cleanups?
For active subscribers, yes — flat add-on rate. We do not take one-off jobs from non-subscribers because our crews are routed by neighborhood.
Ready to hand this off?
Send us your address and we'll measure your lawn from satellite, build a 12-month program, and email a quote — usually before lunch.
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