Lawn Renovation and Soil Amendment
Soil health is the cornerstone of a healthy lawn, it increases cation-exchange capacity, reduces fertilization needs, and improves water penetration and retention.
Healthy lawn starts with a healthy soil, but north Austin soils usually start with a significant disadvantage:
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Our soils are generally alkaline, hard packed clay, with minimal carbon or other organic matter
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Builders and landscapers often add only a couple of inches of low-quality topsoil which isn’t conductive for deep root establishment or proper water retention and drainage
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Many of our lawns in Hill Country are on a slope which increases fertilizer and nutrient wash-out and soil erosion
We rely on our experience and on regular soil tests to provide a full range of soil amendment services, from lawn aeration to adding biochar, humic acid, organic matter, and mycorrhizal fungi to your soil. We do pH adjustments, although we often recommend against adding straight sulfur to alkaline soils due to long-term ineffectiveness and often prefer black gypsum.
Our team is expert in lawn renovation, and no matter how dead or overgrown with weeds your sodded lawn looks, we are happy to take a look and provide a no-strings-attached advice or estimate.
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"The team at Juniper Lawns took great care of our one acre lot in Liberty Hill area this year through their fertilization, soil amendment, and weed control packages, and we saw huge improvement ..."
- Thomas N.
“Very prompt to respond and provide an estimate, and their crew showed up exactly on time which I highly value ...
It was great working with a contractor who is properly licensed, follows the code, and is using legal workers.”
- Tracy B.
“They did a great job of nursing our new sod to health, took care of some weak areas and areas that had drainage problems in the past ...”
- Franjo