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Fairway Lawn Service Provides Lawn Aeration & Moisture Management
from San Francisco to San Jose. We Have Aerated Lawns Since 1977
Fairway Lawn Service does lawn aeration, and is an authorized Moisture Manager applicator. That’s all we do. In fact, we probably have aerated more lawns in the San Francisco Bay Area than anyone else. Fairway Lawn Service has provided lawn aeration for over 40 years. Fairway started in Los Altos, right down the street from where owner Max Todd went to High School. Our customers rely on us to aerate their lawns and apply Moisture Manager regularly. Our success over many decades speaks for itself.
Aeration & Moisture Manager – Your Answer to a Beautiful Lawn
- Moisture Manager is an amazing new guaranteed water-saving product for lawns and plants.
- Once applied (lasts 3 months!) and watered in, you can use up to 50% less water and keep your lawn and plants alive and green. Really!
- If you’re watering between rainy seasons, you should have Moisture Manager applied to your lawns and/or landscaping.
- Applied every 3 months, it can make a big difference in your water bill, and how your lawns and landscaping look.
- It can even prevent the loss of your lawn and landscaping during a dry spell or drought.
- It costs less than a nickel per square foot to have it professionally applied, and it’s guaranteed or your money back! Read More..
A Message from Max, Owner of Fairway Lawn Service
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Over 40 Years Experience Aerating Lawns
Lawn Aeration is a treatment performed on lawns to help reduce compaction and improve air/water circulation. A very inexpensive way to determine if your soil is too compacted and in need of aeration. Use a screwdriver after your lawn has been watered and attempt to push the screwdriver down into the soil. If the screwdriver goes into the soil with almost no resistance at all, then there is no compaction problem that you should be concerned about. On the other hand, if it’s difficult to push the screwdriver into the soil, then we recommend you aerate your lawn for a healthier and greener lawn.
When you become a customer of Fairway Lawn Service, we will aerate your lawns twice a year automatically. Consistency is key to maintaining a healthy lawn. Call us with your lawn care questions. We will help even if you are not a customer!
Aeration is an inexpensive way to spruce up your lawn!
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Regular aeration helps keep these pesky weeds in check.
Red Sorrel
By Max Todd
Red sorrel is a persistent perennial weed that should be eradicated promptly because it spreads throughout the lawn area quickly. The controls that are most effective are made to young plants and plants that are growing new leaves. Control: Sorrel is controlled using Ortho Weed-B-Gon or Bayer Advanced All-in-One Lawn...
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Wild Violets
By Max Todd
These plants are the worst to try to pull because even the smallest root will propagate and make new plants. The good news is that they respond to the same weed killers as other broad leaved weeds. Control: Violets are easily killed using Ortho Weed-B-Gon or Bayer Advanced All-in-One Lawn...
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Mouse Ear Chickweed
By Max Todd
This weed has several variations, “mouse ear” and “common.” They are similar to all broad-leaved weeds in that they are controlled using broad-leaf weed killer. Control: Chickweed is easily killed using Ortho Weed-B-Gon or Bayer Advanced All-in-One Lawn Weed Killer, but you will need to spray several times to get...
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Ground Ivy
By Max Todd
Ground ivy looks like giant mallow except that it has lobed leaves instead of serrated leaves. It has stubborn runners that are not easy to pull out. There are several types, but all are controllable when growing in turf. Control: Ground ivy is killed using Ortho Weed-B-Gon or Bayer Advanced...
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Black Medic
By Max Todd
This weed looks like clover but it isn’t related. It was used as a medicinal treatment in ancient times and was the base for tonics and potions. Its leaves are smaller than clover and bigger than oxalis. It sometimes has a purple or darker color and usually grows in the...
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Oxalis
By Max Todd
Don’t confuse this weed with clover – it’s MUCH smaller and has tiny yellow flowers. A relative of woodsorrel, oxalis is a woody herbaceous plant – unlike clover, which is a legume. Oxalis has a nasty habit: it has exploding seed heads! As each tiny yellow flower dies and dries...
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Spurge
By Max Todd
Spurge is a perennial plant that leaks a milky fluid when broken. There are several types of spurge including spotted spurge, which has a redder stem and a purple spot on each leaf. Spurge creates seeds below the mower’s blades so getting control is important. Control: Spurge is easily killed...
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Mallow (pennywort)
By Max Todd
Mallow is a perennial plant that resembles ground ivy. It spreads from a central root and can be successfully pulled out if there are not too many plants. Usually, there are stands that resemble dichondra. The leaf edges look serrated. Control: Mallow ivy is killed using Ortho Weed-B-Gon or Bayer...
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White Clover
By Max Todd
Clovers are broad-leaved weeds that are of the legume family. They produce their own nitrogen and are usually very green. Clover is a perennial plant that will grow anywhere but loves lawns due to the regular watering. Clover spreads in the lawn, producing burrs that contain seeds that can spread...
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Dandelion
By Max Todd
Would you eat this weed? Many people do (dandelion greens) but they really don’t belong in a lawn! Dandelions are biennial plants that persist in turf for years. They are by far the easiest to control because they are susceptible to all broadleaf weed killers. A newer variation has a...
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Bermuda grass
By Max Todd
Bermuda grass is not technically considered a weed, but many of us don’t like it and try to get rid of it. Some call it Devil’s grass and other derogatory names. Bermuda is a subtropical grass that always goes “dormant” in the winter. Since it came from tropical climates, it...
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Quack grass
By Max Todd
Quack grass is a perennial and is difficult to control since they resemble turf grasses in their tolerance to herbicides. They tolerate close mowing, and can persist indefinitely. Even though they stay green all year long, they have different color and growth rates, so they are objectionable as turf grasses....
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Goose grass
By Max Todd
Goose grass is a summer annual grass that can also be very annoying. It starts in spring, grows all summer, then dies in the fall. Control: Goose grass can be controlled two ways: spraying existing plants or preventing seeds using pre-emergent. Use Ortho Crabgrass Killer to kill existing plants or...
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Foxtails
By Max Todd
Foxtails are a summer annual grass that can be very annoying. It starts in spring, grows all summer, then dies in the fall. There are several species of foxtails that grow in lawns, but they are all annuals. Control: Foxtails can be controlled two ways: spraying existing plants or preventing...
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Bent Grass
By Max Todd
Some people get bentgrass in their lawns and it looks like the image to the left. If the lawn is 100% bentgrass, there’s no problem, but when it invades a fescue or bluegrass lawn, it contrasts badly due to its fine texture and a different shade of green. Bentgrass is...
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Nut sedge / Nut grass
By Max Todd
This is really a sedge, not a grass. When cut, the stem has three sides. Pulling it up will do no good at all because there are small nut-like roots that break off and stay in the soil. The nuts can lie dormant for years and then sprout. It is...
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Crabgrass
By Max Todd
Crabgrass is an annual grass that starts in spring from seed, grows through the summer, then dies in the fall. Seeds are produced within two weeks from sprouting and continue all summer long. Plants are easy to pick if there are just a few. To pick crabgrass, run your finger...
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Poa Annua (Annual Bluegrass)
By Max Todd
Poa Annua is an annual grass that starts in fall from seed, grows through the winter, then dies in the summer. It mimics lawn grasses because it looks similar to desirable grasses. It causes brown areas when it dies off in early summer (as soon as it gets warm). It...
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