Questions about the fall window

It depends on the size of the lawn, how hard the soil is, how thin the grass is and whether a thatch mat has to come out first. The estimate is written and has no figure until we have seen the lawn.

Visits run in order from the first week of September. The visit takes about twenty minutes, and the aeration and seeding take a few hours on most lots.

The footer lists the business registration and the insurance record, and you can ask for the certificate. We don't spray herbicides, so we don't hold a pesticide applicator license.

Sandra or Owen walks the lawn, probes the soil, measures it and asks what you want. The written estimate follows.

You pay when the seed is down and we've walked the lawn together. The owner lists the payment methods here.

Rain on seed is fine. We skip a day when the ground is too wet for clean cores, because wet clay smears. A hard freeze ends the season.

Mow a little lower than usual a few days before, mark sprinkler heads and shallow lines, unlock the gate and bring the dog in.

Raleigh and the towns east and south of it. The service area page lists the towns and the ZIP codes.

Raleigh sits in the transition zone. Tall fescue stays green in winter and handles the shade of an oak yard, but it struggles in July and August. Bermuda and zoysia like the heat and turn tan in winter.

You can, and we'd talk you out of it. Spring seedlings are small when the heat arrives and many don't make it. September is the window.