Are you backyard ready for Spring?
Your family yard is an extension of your home – providing a respite from stress, offering an outside entertainment area, expanding your living space, and giving kids and pests a safe place to play. Here are TurfMutt’s top tips.
Take stock of tools
Do you need to replace your outdoor power equipment (lawn mower, leaf blower, trimmer, etc.?) Want to install a smart irrigation system? Plan now so you’re ready!
Remember wildlife and pollinators
Nature starts at your backdoor. Grass, trees, shrubs, and flowering plants provide food and habitat for birds, small mammals and pollinators, plant accordingly.
Plant for kids and pets
There are many species of turfgrass. Your local garden center or landscaper can help you identify what will work best.
Plan for fun
You might want an outdoor room fire pit, pergola, sandbox, outdoor furniture or a decorative water feature, furniture, or a decorative water feature.
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About the TurfMutt Foundation
TurfMutt, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2024, was created by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s TurfMutt Foundation and has reached more than 70 million children, educators and families since 2009. The Foundation is title sponsor of “Lucky Dog,” the Emmy Award-winning CBS broadcast television show in support of dog rescue and rehabilitation.
