Winter is on the way! Time to get your sprinklers blown out and winterize your lawn.

Winter is on its way, time to get your sprinklers blown out and winterize your lawn!

Here are some things to keep in mind:

As winter approaches, it's time to get prepared for the season. There are three things that are on the top of the to do list, arguably the most important things you need to do is winterize your sprinkler system. If not done properly you will find yourself with a maintenance emergency and an expensive repair bill when freezing temperatures come to Colorado. Another thing to consider is keeping branches away from your home and car during Spring where we receive moisture heavy seasonal snow that can damage anything or cause injury as they fall off. And lastly, if you like your healthy lawn, its aeration/fertilization time.

Make sure you get your sprinklers blown out for the season. If you do not winterize properly, water can expand in the lines and cause them to burst. This can be expensive to repair.

Winter is the time to get your sprinklers blown out. The winterizing process helps ensure that your irrigation equipment will last longer and will not burst during the coldest months of the year. If water freezes in an un-winterized system, it expands and bursts water lines, sprinkler heads, backflow preventers and the plumbing inside your home causing significant, traumatic and costly damage.

To winterize your sprinkler system:

• Turn off the water lines
• Blow out all hoses so they are not full of water
• Close the solenoids or turn off your system.
• Turn off outside faucets (check for leaks). 
• Make sure your sprinkler system has been unplugged or disengaged. 

Remove tree branches that might break off with heavy snow or ice. This can help protect your home, as well as your car. Tree branches that fall on roofs, cars or even sidewalks can cause damage in the long run.

If you have trees on your property, especially large ones that may need to be removed in the future, it is important to do the following:

• Remove dead or diseased branches. These branches can fall and cause damage if they are near power lines or on top of your car.
• Remove branches that are too close to the house. This helps protect against wind coming from different directions and knocking down some of these trees onto your home. If there is a large tree that has grown too tall and its branches are overhanging your driveway, this could also cause problems with vehicles driving underneath it or kids playing around it during winter months when snow falls heavily overnight causing heavy snowfalls while temperatures drop quickly during nights when people go outside before sunrise during those cold mornings before going off to work or school!

Get your lawn Aerated

Your lawn has had a long year of getting watered, being pressurized and packed down by lawn mowing, now its time to the oliviate the pressure. Aerating is a great thing for the lawn. It pokes holes throughout the lawn allowing for water, air and nutrients to get in deep to the roots. The holes are 2 or 3 inches into the ground, not too deep for your sprinkler lines to get punctured, but deep enough to help with new roots.

After aerating you will want to put down a winter fertilizer, the fertilizer will get deep into the soil allowing for the nurtients to be delivered right to the source. Making sure you have a good fertilizer is also important. There are several good brands out their, you can find them at the local home depot or hardware store.

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