Fall Cleanup: Our 8 Best Reasons to Complete it in Augusta!

Whether the weather outside is frightful or, a winter wonderland is a subject of debate, both passionate and musical. Still, two places where there’s no argument is that now that we’ve begun December, there is an enormous amount of holiday music on the radio, and it’s winter!

With the winter weather here, Divine must politely tap you on the shoulder and demurely ask, “have you completed your fall cleanup yet?” You may think if you’ve waited this long, you can wait out the relatively mild Augusta winter landscape. But finishing leaf removal before the snow is still vital for your lawn and yard health.

Here’s why we want you to finish fall, even though winter is already here.

Happy Holidays?

Like it or not, it’s the holiday season. That means parties, cookies, and guests…oh my! And when those guests arrive at your home, they’ll first see the outside of it.

Your neighbors are probably decking their halls with boughs of holly right now, but even if you’re not one to cover your home in garland and tinsel, you don’t want to be that one home on the block bringing down the vibes with a sketchy yard.

Fall leaves are pretty until they leave fall. Now they’re starting to rot and get ugly. So let’s clean them and everything else up so the neighbors don’t skip your house for caroling, even if you want them to deep down.

Healthy Holidays

Got allergies? We have enough to worry about with colds, flu, and now Covid going around in the winter. Avoiding the petri dish might seem impossible, but you don’t need to add to it by letting fall allergies carry over into the winter.

As the leaves and other plants break down, they get musty. And for some, that mustiness can cause an allergic reaction. Even if your home is allergy-free, fall cleanup will still help you avoid the mildew and other unpleasant smells associated with decaying plants.

Healthy Lawn

Have you ever left something on your lawn for too long during the summer and killed the grass? It’s easy to understand how it happens. Without access to water and sunlight, the grass can’t survive.

In the summer, it happens relatively creatively because the heat exacerbates the process. Luckily the cooler temperatures of the winter slow down the killing of your grass, but plant debris can still prevent your grass from getting the water, sun, and nutrients it needs.

Yard cleanup prevents leaves and other plant debris from getting in the way of your grass.

Prevent Ice

Besides stopping your grass and other plants from getting what they need, plant debris can also trap moisture. In the winter, that moisture can lead to freezing. And that freezing can kill your plants.

Prevent Snow Mold

Another problem fall cleanup prevents is mold. When unfrozen, the trapped moisture between your leaves and living vegetation creates the perfect environment to grow fungi, including snow mold.

Make Room For Winter Plants

Though winter is known as a less lively season, plenty of plants still thrive in the winter. Pansies, for example, can survive and bloom in the snow. It makes you wonder why people malign that flower’s name to mean wimp, huh?

Likewise, your trees and shrubs can continue flourishing throughout the colder months. But you know what makes it harder to plant new plants or let existing ones get what they need? Dead plant matter crowding them out!

Fall yard cleanup ensures your winter plants have the space they need.

What Does Fall Cleanup Include?

While leaves get most of the attention, fall cleanup is multi-step. First, of course, leaf removal is vital, but additional plant matter also accumulates throughout the season. Sticks, petals, and more have taken up space that is better used for the living elements of your landscape.

In addition, several plants need pruning and cutting back to survive the winter. On the other hand, summer and fall annuals have already completed their life cycles. We’ll remove them so your garden doesn’t look like a jungle of the living dead.

Divine Cleanup

While fall cleanup may seem like the sort of task perfect for an industrious DIY family, there’s more to it than you might expect. For example, do you know what you should and shouldn’t prune and how much? Cleanup is also very detailed work best left to pros.

Besides, it’s the holiday season! Don’t you want to sip cocoa or something?