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JK Summers inc. / erielandscape.com was established in August of 2005. We are one of Erie Pennsylvania’s leading landscape design companies. Specializing in landscape lighting & water features. We offer complete landscape design, flagstone patios and walkways. retaining walls, natural rock/ boulder walls, seasonal cleanups, shrub and tree trimming, edging, mulching, weeding, window washing, gutter cleaning, seasonal plantings, leaf cleanups, backyard makeovers, outdoor kitchens, meditation gardens, chemical free / eco safe swimming pools and outdoor entertaining spaces. Our landscape design team Joe and Kelly Summers have been amazing our customers for years and look forward to amazing you..

JK Summers inc. / erielandscape.com was established in August of 2005. We are one of Erie Pennsylvania’s leading landscape design companies. Specializing in landscape lighting & water features. We offer complete landscape design, flagstone patios and walkways. retaining walls, natural rock/ boulder walls, seasonal cleanups, shrub and tree trimming, edging, mulching, weeding, window washing, gutter cleaning, seasonal plantings, leaf cleanups, backyard makeovers, outdoor kitchens, meditation gardens, chemical free / eco safe swimming pools and outdoor entertaining spaces. Our landscape design team Joe and Kelly Summers have been amazing our customers for years and look forward to amazing you..

Rototilling questions, answered by experts

Yes, it’s always a good idea to fertilize your lawn before a major leveling project. This step gives your grass the nutrients necessary for healthy growth, helping it recover and replenish itself faster. However, you should do this at least three weeks in advance, as the leveling process can disturb the newly-applied fertilizer.

Yes, most services include grading for proper drainage. Confirm with your contractor.

Yes, rototilling has many benefits. Rototilling is a great way to aerate the soil in your garden, introduce fertilizer, and remove weeds from your soil to prep it for planting, so it is very often a worthwhile expense. You can get by without rototilling if you’re willing to use manual tools, but the work will take much longer and is very labor-intensive. If you’re looking to prepare your garden for planting or your soil for new grass growth, rototilling is relatively inexpensive and almost always worth the money.

When leveling the ground for a pool. If the ground is mostly level, you may be able to simply lay down pavers or pool pads to support the pool. However, you’ll still need to level the ground with sand as a base before adding other materials on top, like crushed gravel.

Yes, you can rent a rototiller for around $60 per day and do the work yourself, but it’s not recommended. Tilling is more of an art than a science, as tilling too deep can be detrimental to your soil structure and the organic matter that is beneficial to plants and shrubs, and tilling too shallow won’t properly introduce fertilizer or break up the soil for rooting plants. Additionally, tillers are powerful machines with sharp blades to cut through small roots and soil, so they are inherently dangerous to use. It’s usually worth it to hire a professional rototiller.

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