Lawn Care Tips & Advice for Altoona Homeowners

By The Little Lawn Co. | Serving Altoona, Hollidaysburg & Blair County, PA There's a particular kind of frustration that comes with owning a sloped property in Central Pennsylvania. You spend money on your lawn, you keep it mowed and maintained, and then spring arrives — and half your yard turns into a swamp. The water just sits there, for days sometimes, turning your grass brown, killing your plants, and sending you down a rabbit hole of Google searches trying to figure out

Published by The Little Lawn Co. | Altoona, PA If you've ever looked out at your yard and wondered "Should I be mowing right now?" or "Am I doing this at the right time of year?" — you're not alone. Central Pennsylvania's unpredictable springs, humid summers, and early frosts make lawn care timing genuinely tricky. Get it right, and you'll have thick, green, weed-resistant grass all season long. Get it wrong, and you're fighting an uphill battle from April to October. This gu

These pictures don't do these lawns justice! What you'll notice is a lack of weeds due primarily to routine mowing. Each of these lawns is mowed at 3.5", and no more than 1/3rd of the total length is trimmed off at a time. When only 1/3rd (or less) of your grass' total length is cut at a time it doesn't impair the growth of it's roots and though 3.5" is higher than many people prefer, taller grass roots deeper into the soil than shorter grass, and chokes out many of the

Picture taken in Gallitzin, PA This spring has been especially wet. There is no doubt about it! The rain hasn't let up yet now that we're almost into July and it looks like mother nature is going to keep it coming. It's tough to get any outdoor work accomplished especially for those lawn care guys who I'm sure you see driving all around with their trucks and trailers all packed with mowers, trimmers, blowers, and anything else used to keep those lawns looking green, neat, and