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Estimated Monthly lawn care and maintenance cost in USA

Every lawn needs proper care every month and yearly basis. Every month, lawn grass needs to be maintained at a certain height, and proper irrigation and weeding-like activities to keep it healthy and beautiful. Apart from these services, there are some other annual requirements for the lawn to avoid compacted soil, mud removal, weeds, fertilization, disturbed pH maintenance, etc. 

Here, I'll give you an estimated cost for monthly and yearly expenses of a common-sized lawn(1000 sq foot).

Monthly lawn care and maintenance cost

Don't worry about the particular grass types you have in your lawn either warm climate grass like Bermuda or St Augustine or Cool season grasses like Bluegrass. 

Monthly lawn care cost in USA

Mostly, every lawn needs monthly practice to take care of its health and maintain the natural growing conditions.

Monthly lawn requirements

A common warm or cool climate lawn of common grasses needs monthly care and maintenance for better grass growth. Let's see some common requirements of lawn every month with additional ask in a year- 

Mowing 

Most of the grass becomes ready for mowing within 15 to 20 days. At that time, they need proper grooming, trimming, and maintenance. This needs to be done twice a month if the grass is growing properly. 

Weeding 

In good moisture conditions, common weeds appear several in a lawn. These weeds try to invade the space and overshadow the lawn grass. So weeding every month is very important if weed variety is invasive. 

Lawn edging

Lawn grass's excessive growth covers the walking path of the lawn. Sometimes, people grow other plants and shrubs near the border of the lawn.

Gardening edging grooms the edges and gives it a decent look. 

Hedge trimming

Hedges grow faster in most of the seasons and some of them are evergreen. Within every month or two months, hedges grow enough to trim in the lawn for multiple reasons, especially grooming. Also, trimming and pruning the hedges help them to keep healthy and better future growth.

Special treatments for lawn

A few other special treatments required in particular seasons and conditions of the lawn are as follows- 

  • Aeration
  • Dethatching
  • Soil testing
  • Overseeding
  • Fertilization
  • Pre-emergents
  • Post-emergents

Monthly est. price for lawn care per 1000 sqft

Here, I'm giving you an estimated amount that you need to invest in a 1000 sq-ft sized lawn on a monthly basis and yearly basis- 

Basic services est. cost(per month)

Following is a monthly estimated cost for lawn care and maintenance- 

  • Mowing cost- $40 to $60
  • Weeding- $80 to $100
  • Shrubs trimming- $70 to $90

Total cost- $190 to $250

Therefore, your 1000 sqft lawn will cost you est. $190 to $250 monthly.

Professional additional services est. cost(in a year)

Following are additional and required yearly services for a lawn to keep it healthier and natural- 

  • Aeration cost- $250
  • Dethatching cost- $180
  • Scarification cost- $150
  • Overseeding cost- $80
  • Irrigation maintenance cost- $50
  • Fertilization cost- $130
  • Soil test- Sometimes free sometimes $20

Professional lawn care services Vs DIY lawn care

Well, some people avoid professional lawn care services because of extra expenses but some avoid them because they want to do it for fun and satisfaction. In both cases, we can compare professional lawn care services and DIY methods easily. 

For the exchange expenses of professional lawn care services, your lawn gets a guaranteed look and maintenance without any instruction or physical work. Professional teams work on these things on their own. One thing I admit is that you need to spend regular and good money to hire these services. 

But on the other hand, DIY lawn care expenses are very low compared to pro services. Even, if you have the proper tools and machines, you can do it with the least investment. If your lawn doesn't need fertilizers, soil tests, and other materials from outside, you only need tools and machines for lawn care. 

It means, in such cases, you don't need to invest a single penny. Even if you need fertilizers or weed killers, you just have to pay for their cost only, rest is your work. Commonly, pro workers charge working fees including materials costs and other charges. 

So what is good for your lawn, pro services or DIY method? Well, I will suggest you decide according to your monthly situation and skills. If you have extra money and around $200 does not affect you, you can hire pro services on that particular month or just Do it yourself if you know the right method. 

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