Over the years, you might notice the slowing of grass growth in your lawn, leaving thin, dead, or bald patches. Overseeding provides an excellent way to increase grass density, making your yard more lush and verdant. Below, lawn care experts offer more information about the benefits of reseeding your lawn every year.

How Annual Overseeding Improves Lawn Health

Improve Curb Appeal

Though you typically only need to reseed your grass every three to four years, doing so annually encourages the lawn to grow thicker and more beautiful. Your home will look more attractive from the curb, which is especially helpful if you plan to list it on the market. 

Keep Out Weeds

Reseeding with ryegrass also assists with weed prevention. Crabgrass and dandelions, for instance, typically germinate and grow in bald spots of yards. Reseeding will fill in any dead areas, which keeps weeds from invading them. 

Seasonal Protection

Once warm weather begins to cool, your grass will likely begin to thin out and die. Reseeding will keep a layer of ryegrass on your lawn, keeping it healthy and gorgeous throughout the cold months. Reseeding before summer also protects your lawn from deterioration due to increased foot traffic. 

Foster New Grass Varieties 

Overseeding introduces new varieties of grass to your lawn, which makes it stronger and more robust. Certain species of grass are more resilient in cold weather, stand up better to foot traffic, and more effectively resist diseases. When your yard has diverse types of grass, lawn care and maintenance will be easier.

Keep your outdoor areas in excellent shape with lawn care from A Kick in the Grass Lawn Service. For nearly two decades, they have provided lawn maintenance, landscaping, hardscaping, mulching, leaf removal, and aeration to clients throughout Ballwin, MO. Visit them online to learn more about year-round services, and call (314) 471-6186 to set up a regular lawn care schedule or discuss landscape design.