Whether you do your own DIY lawn care or have a landscaping company care for your yard, you could be spending a fortune on lawn maintenance every year. Most people don’t take the time to consider how much they are throwing away on their yards just to try to achieve that perfect green, lush lawn they want.
For 2020, make a New Year’s resolution to simplify your lawn maintenance by having an artificial grass lawn installed. Synthetic grass has come a long way since it was first used in the Houston Astrodome in 1966. You will quickly discover today’s grass alternative lawns are soft and lush and have a natural-looking color.
Plus, there is a wide range of options to choose from when designing the layout of your new artificial lawn. For example, you could use pet grass in the back yard for your pet, have playground grass installed under the swing set and jungle gym, and golf grass installed for your own putting green.
Plus, there is a wide range of options to choose from when designing the layout of your new artificial lawn. For example, you could use pet grass in the back yard for your pet, have playground grass installed under the swing set and jungle gym, and golf grass installed for your own putting green.
How Much Does Natural Grass Lawn Maintenance Actually Cost?
To give you an idea of how much you might be spending on maintaining your natural grass lawn annually, let’s look at the costs that go into keeping your yard green and free of weeds, including:
Your costs can vary, depending on if you do DIY lawn care or have a service that takes care of these things for you. In addition, you have to account for all the time spent on maintaining your yard. Your time has value too.
Think about how much time you spend going and picking up lawn care products from your local home improvement store. Then add up the time you spend spreading grass seed and fertilizer. Don’t forget to also include all that time you spend mowing the grass and maintaining your lawnmower.
- Fertilizer
- Grass Seed
- Water
- Lawn Mowing Equipment
- Lawn Care Service
- Sprinkler System
- Spreader
- Weed Killer
- Gasoline
- Oil
- Spark Plugs
- Blade Sharpening
- Miscellaneous Yard Care Equipment
Your costs can vary, depending on if you do DIY lawn care or have a service that takes care of these things for you. In addition, you have to account for all the time spent on maintaining your yard. Your time has value too.
Think about how much time you spend going and picking up lawn care products from your local home improvement store. Then add up the time you spend spreading grass seed and fertilizer. Don’t forget to also include all that time you spend mowing the grass and maintaining your lawnmower.
Aren’t Artificial Grass Lawns Harder to Maintain?
Some people have the misconception that artificial lawns are harder to maintain. They think they have to do all this additional work to maintain a great-looking yard. They are quite shocked to discover that artificial lawn care is much simpler, easier, and faster.
Aside from these maintenance tasks, that’s all you have to do. That’s it. If you have tweens and teens, you can get them to help with maintaining your new synthetic lawn.
- You do have to rake leaves in the fall if you don’t want them covering up your great-looking yard.
- You do need to hose off dust and debris about once a week.
- You do need to hose off the grass in the locations where your pet goes to the bathroom, after picking up solid waste.
- You do need to rake the yard periodically to keep the grass looking lush and thick.
Aside from these maintenance tasks, that’s all you have to do. That’s it. If you have tweens and teens, you can get them to help with maintaining your new synthetic lawn.
If you are ready to put money back into your pocket and stop wasting it on all that natural grass lawn maintenance in 2020, then you need to include getting a new artificial lawn as part of your New Year’s resolutions.
To request a free quote and learn more about our grass alternative lawns and solutions for your home, please feel free to call ForeverLawn Bellevue at 800-915-8873 today!
To request a free quote and learn more about our grass alternative lawns and solutions for your home, please feel free to call ForeverLawn Bellevue at 800-915-8873 today!