Leaves are a beautiful sight to see. They bring color and character to your property in Michigan in the fall, but they can be quite a hassle when it comes time to clean them up. So, you may be considering just leaving the leaf piles on your lawn over the winter to save yourself the trouble of cleaning them. While that may sound like a good idea in principle, it's not something that you should do! That's because leaf piles can smother your grass, attract pests, and create an ideal environment for lawn diseases to thrive in. This means that if you want to keep your lawn healthy and strong throughout the winter season, you'll need to remove those leaf piles from your lawn. Continue reading to learn more about why it's so important to remove leaves from your lawn before winter arrives.

Leaf Piles Can Smother Your Grass

The first reason why you shouldn't leave leaf piles on your lawn over the winter is because they can smother your grass. When leaves pile up on your lawn, they can block essential resources such as water, air, and sunlight from reaching your grass. Your grass needs these resources to grow and stay healthy, so without them, it could end up being damaged. If this happens, your lawn will be in a bad state come spring and you'll need to invest in lawn care services to help restore it to its former glory.

Leaf Piles Can Attract Pests

Another reason why you shouldn't leave leaf piles on your lawn over the winter is because they can attract pests. Some common pests here in Michigan include fleas, ticks, spiders, and ants. These pests love hiding out in leaf piles during the winter because they provide shelter from the freezing temperatures. This means that by leaving leaf piles on your lawn, you could be inviting pests onto your property. So, if you want to help keep your property free of pests over the winter season, make sure you remove the leaves from your lawn this fall!

Leaf piles create the perfect environment for lawn diseases to thrive.

The final reason you shouldn't leave leaf piles on your lawn over the winter is that they can create the perfect environment for lawn diseases to thrive. This is especially true once they become covered in snow and become wet and heavy. Because of this, you should always remove leaf piles from your lawn before the winter arrives. If you don't, then you could risk waking up one day to find that your grass has fallen victim to a disease. Once this happens, you'll have to schedule curative treatments to eliminate the disease as well as lawn care services to help nurse your lawn back to full health.

Schedule a fertilization treatment in the spring to give your lawn a boost after surviving the winter season.

Give us a call today to schedule our leaf removal service.

At Stiles Lawn, Landscaping & Snow Removal Inc., we offer a leaf removal service to make cleaning up your property at the end of the year much easier. We follow a thorough process when removing leaves from your property to ensure that we remove them all so they can't smother your grass, attract insects, or create the ideal environment for lawn diseases to thrive. We offer our leaf removal service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in DeWitt, Haslett, Williamston, MI, and throughout the surrounding areas. Give us a call at (517) 322-2671 to schedule our leaf removal service for your property today! We look forward to hearing from you soon and helping you get a leaf-free lawn before the winter season arrives!