Resources

Information​​​​, tips, and tricks for keeping your property looking the best it can. 

The Importance of Aeration and Overseeding

The Importance of Aeration and Overseeding

Fall is right around the corner, which means that now is the perfect time to pick up the phone and schedule your aeration and overseeding. This one-two punch of lawn maintenance ensures a lush and...

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How Short is Too Short for Your Lawn?

How Short is Too Short for Your Lawn?

What are the differences between lawns that thrive and those that look terrible after only a few weeks of hot summer sun? While there are many factors that influence how your lawn looks, one of the...

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How to Avoid Overwatering Your Landscaping

How to Avoid Overwatering Your Landscaping

Every healthy lawn needs water to grow, but sometimes you can use too much. Overwatering your turf and plants in your yard can be just as bad for them as not watering them enough. It’s easy to use...

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Landscaping Tips for High-Traffic Areas

Landscaping Tips for High-Traffic Areas

Whether you’re planning the landscape design of your business or your home, high-traffic areas are unavoidable. Failing to plan ahead can lead to expensive plants and flowers going unappreciated or...

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How to Prepare Your House for Spring

How to Prepare Your House for Spring

Spring is almost here, which means that many Maryland homeowners are taking time to clean up the inside and outside of their homes. How can you prepare your house for spring weather and make sure...

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4 Ways to Winterize Your Landscape

4 Ways to Winterize Your Landscape

While most Maryland communities have already seen snow and ice, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to take time to protect your yard as temperatures get colder and remain chilly for the next few weeks....

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4 Reasons Why Fall Clean-Up Is Important

4 Reasons Why Fall Clean-Up Is Important

Leaves are falling and the holiday season is right around the corner, which means that winter will be here before we know it. A fall clean-up will help prepare your lawn for the winter months ahead...

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Don’t Wait to Plan for Snow

Don’t Wait to Plan for Snow

The weather outside is beautiful and temperate, and it’s the perfect time of year for enjoying the gorgeous landscapes of Maryland. While snow might seem a long way away, now is the perfect time to...

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What You Should Know About Lawn Aeration

What You Should Know About Lawn Aeration

Children are back in school and October is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to aerate your lawn. September is one of the best times of the year to complete aeration,...

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5 Common Aeration and Overseeding Mistakes

5 Common Aeration and Overseeding Mistakes

All homeowners want to enjoy lawns that are thick, green and lush, but at the end of a long and hot summer, many lawns are compacted, patchy, brown and thin. Aeration and overseeding are two...

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Get Your Lawn in Great Shape

Get Your Lawn in Great Shape

Another year, another hot and humid summer for Maryland residents. If you’re like many homeowners, your lawn could use some TLC after a summer of walking across the lawn, hot summer days and not...

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Protecting Your Property from Storm Damage

Protecting Your Property from Storm Damage

Thunderstorm season is here for Maryland residents, which means it’s time to protect your property from the damage that can occur due to high winds and heavy rain. While many homeowners think of...

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4 Common Turf Care Myths

4 Common Turf Care Myths

Taking care of your commercial or residential lawn can be a big task. Unfortunately, many homeowners and businesses try to DIY things and end up with unfavorable results and occasionally permanent...

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The Many Benefits of Mulching

The Many Benefits of Mulching

Mulch is something that many homeowners and business owners know that they should apply every year, but many don’t understand exactly why it’s so important. Why is mulch such an important part of a...

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3 Lawn Care Mistakes that Businesses Make

3 Lawn Care Mistakes that Businesses Make

Hiring a professional lawn care service is one of the best ways to get top-notch results without needing to do it yourself, but many businesses make mistakes when hiring a commercial lawn care...

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4 Fun Spring Landscaping Ideas for 2021

4 Fun Spring Landscaping Ideas for 2021

As we all start enjoying the great outdoors and the weather warms up, it only makes sense that homeowners and business owners like you are interested in getting some landscaping done. What are some...

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All About Brood X

All About Brood X

It’s been 17 years since we last saw Brood X, the cicadas that emerge throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. They are expected to be visible from mid-May through early...

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Spring Is Here!

Spring Is Here!

Now that the snow has melted and the weather is warming up, we are preparing for a busy spring helping businesses and homeowners with spring clean-ups and mulching tasks. If you are ready to enjoy...

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Does Ice Melt Damage Your Property?

Does Ice Melt Damage Your Property?

When snow is in the forecast, and there’s a chance of ice on the way, many homeowners and business owners grab bags of ice melt to prevent slippery conditions. However, depending on what you reach...

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Winter Landscaping Tips for Your Home

Winter Landscaping Tips for Your Home

Once the snow and ice from our latest storm melt, how will your landscape look? Even though we are in the midst of another cold Maryland winter, you should still take care of your landscape. How can...

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3 Common Snow Removal Myths

3 Common Snow Removal Myths

The snow is falling, which means that every business needs a good snow removal plan. JFC Grounds Maintenance works with businesses and properties of every size to provide skilled, fast snow removal...

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The Basics of ADA Compliant Snow Removal

The Basics of ADA Compliant Snow Removal

Commercial properties are subject to many considerations as a result of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This piece of legislation has worked to make the world more accessible for people...

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How to Prepare Your Lawn for Winter

How to Prepare Your Lawn for Winter

Just like the hot summer sun can wreak havoc on your lawn, the harsh winter winds and snow can also do damage. If you have not completed your winter yard preparations yet, now is the time to do so....

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Tackling Leaf Removal This December

Tackling Leaf Removal This December

Have you taken care of your fall clean-up tasks yet? December is your last chance to clean up your yard before snow starts falling in January. JFC Grounds Maintenance can help with leaf removal at...

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4 Fall Landscaping Tips for Your Home

4 Fall Landscaping Tips for Your Home

Gorgeous fall weather is here, which means that every homeowner deserves a gorgeous fall landscape to match! How can you get your home ready for trick-or-treaters and the holiday guests who will be...

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