Many lawns around Calgary can begin to look old, overgrown and weed infested over time. Even new lawns can look sick and poorly established if the loam underneath was not installed properly. The question is when is it time for lawn removal?
Bad soil or loam means your lawn will struggle
Many newly installed lawns were not properly prepped with good quality loam, some properties have little or no loam and the sod or new lawn was just laid on top of silty clay. You may have purchased a new home from a builder in winter only to discover a sick poorly established lawn once spring arrived. Bad soil or means your lawn will struggle and you will struggle trying to get it looking healthy again. Regardless of what you do to help it your lawn will still have problems getting established and staying healthy. New sod care with Fertilizer your lawn will help a little but only in the short term. Aerating and powering raking are also short term solutions. Poor soil means it is time for lawn removal.
Weed infested lawns can be an endless battle
What to do with weeds? If your lawn has been infested with weeds and there seems to be more weeds than lawn then it is likely time for lawn removal. Many weeds like dandelions for example can be controlled with herbicides or by weeding by hand. Other more evasive weeds like clover and quack grass can take over lawns quickly and they are not easily controller by herbicides or hand weeding. Weed infested lawns can be an endless battle. You may find yourself weeding on a daily basis and you still aren’t able to keep up with the weed problem. It iss time for lawn removal if weeds have taken over your lawn.
Lawns growing over and above sidewalks and walkways
Over time your lawn can begin to get higher and higher until it is many inches above your walkway or city sidewalk. This happens because the lawns roots are getting larger and larger taking up more space beneath the grass blades. This causes the lawn to rise up making it very awkward to trim or mow it properly. You may also notice that your lawn is leaching soil onto your walkway because the soil is above the walkway or sidewalk. Dew worms can also cause major problems with lawns and they are also in many cases, responsible for pushing up lawns and leaching soil onto walkway. You need to remove old sod if dew worms have become a persistent problem.
We can help you with sod or lawn removal and answer any questions you may have.