{"id":12429,"date":"2021-03-10T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/?p=12429"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:12:55","slug":"spring-lawn-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/spring-lawn-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 4-Step Guide to Simple Spring Lawn Care in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meadows Farms Nursery and\u00a0Garden center<\/a>\u00a0recommends a four step program for keeping your lawn green and healthy.<\/p>\n

Step 1 Crabgrass prevention<\/h2>\n

Apply Pennington\u2019s Crabgrass Preventer with fertilizer. This weed killer prevents crabgrass from germinating. Pre-emergent weed controls need to be applied in early spring. A good rule of thumb is to apply before forsythias drop their blooms.<\/p>\n

Step 2 Fertilize<\/h2>\n

Use Pennington\u2019s Lawn Food in March to help turn your brown lawn green. Follow the application rates on the label. Fertilizers supply nutrients needed for healthy grass.<\/p>\n

Step 3 Weed and feed<\/h2>\n

Broadleafed weeds like dandelions and clover can be controlled by using Pennington\u2019s Weed and Feed. This product kills weeds by feeding healthy grass AND attacking weeds with herbicides designed to be safe for grass.<\/p>\n

Step 4 Insect control<\/h2>\n

Late spring to early summer is the time to kill lawn insects. Milky Spore is an organic grub control recommended to kill Japanese Beetle grubs. For fast acting control of grubs use Bayer Season Long grub Control with Merit.<\/p>\n

Meadows Farms is expanding our lawn maintenance service<\/a>. Our lawn services include mowing, trimming, fertilizing and deer proofing your yard.\u00a0Check us out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meadows Farms Nursery and\u00a0Garden center\u00a0recommends a four step program for keeping your lawn green and healthy. Step 1 Crabgrass prevention Apply Pennington\u2019s Crabgrass Preventer with fertilizer. This weed killer prevents crabgrass from germinating. Pre-emergent weed controls need to be applied in early spring. A good rule of thumb is to apply before forsythias drop their… Read More <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,102],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n4 Simple Steps for Spring Lawn Care in Virginia | Meadows Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spring is prime time to revive your lawn and our 4-step program makes it simple. 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