Jake's Curbside Appeal, Fertilizing & Turf Specialty Services
  • Our History
  • Lawn Fertilizing Programs
  • Aeration & Overseeding
  • Jake's GrassRoots
  • Weed Control
  • Healthy Lawn Estimate
Fertilizing and Turf Specialty Services
Growing healthy lawns from the soil up.

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YOUR EVERYTHING TURF SERVICE.
​Jake's provides fertilizing and turf specialty services in the Washtenaw County area. As a local, professional and trusted service built on 30 plus years in the golf course and lawn care industry jake's offer services for commercial properties, sports fields, parks, HOA communities, landscape contractors, facility managers, golf courses, schools, churches, private estates, industrial parks and municipal properties. JAKE'S LAWN PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED ON A FOUNDATION OF ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS BASED ON SOIL AND PLANT HEALTH. THROUGH THE USE OF BIOSTIMULANTS, PROPER (IPM)INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVING THE NATURAL MICROBIAL ENVIRONMENT FOUND IN YOUR SOIL JAKE'S WILL GROW YOU A THICK AND HEALTHY LAWN.
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LAWN FERTILIZING PROGRAMS
The Jake 
includes 7 treatments (1-7) with monthly visits, available package upgrades & discounts. 
Estate
includes 6 timely treatments (1-6), available package upgrades & discounts. 
Premium​ 
includes 5 timely treatments (1,2,3,5,6), available package upgrades & discounts.
 
Signature​
includes 4 timely treatments (1,2,5,6), available package upgrades & discounts.
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TURF SPECIALTY SERVICES
GRUB CONTROL
​ SURFACE INSECT CONTROL

LAWN FLEA & TICK TREATMENT
JAKE'S GRASSROOTS
SPORTS TURF PROGRAMS
GOLF COURSE FERTILIZING

CORE AERATION & OVERSEEDING
TURF DISEASE MANAGEMENT
MOLE CONTROL PROGRAM
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​lawn fertilizing programs for all your needs.
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Growing healthy turf one lawn at a time, Jake's offers a variety of programs using professional grade products to supplement each treatment, leaving a consistently lush green and weed free lawn. Whether your lawn is irrigated, non-irrigated, you're looking for weed control with basic nutritional requirements or have a high-end property that requires more than just the basics, each program is carefully crafted for the needs of every unique property. In addition, each program can be supplemented with any of Jake's package options such as surface insect control, pollinator friendly grub control and our GrassRoots liquid formula. We also offer customized plans specifically designed to fit your specific property.
​​Why choose Jake's for your lawn care service?

Start to finish Jake's provides you a cost effective and rewarding lawn program focusing on growing healthy turf from the soil up, implementing eco-friendly treatments based on soil health through the use of biostimulants, proper (IPM)integrated pest management and improving the natural microbial environment found in your soil. Promoting a thick and healthy lawn allows jake's to implement practices where weed and insect control can be applied to your lawn only when and where its needed. This process takes the experience and knowledge of a turf professional along with solid customer communication. Using jake's for your lawn service guarantees you 30 plus YEARS OF turfgrass knowledge and the promise of a customer experience and satisfaction that will surpass your expectations.

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DID YOU KNOW A HEALTHY LAWN BENEFITS YOU AND THE ENVIROMENT?

AIR QUALITY: TURfGRASS IS A LIVING organism, EACH PLANT TAKES IN CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERTING IT INTO SIMPLE SUGARS TO USE AS FOOD THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. AS A BYPRODUCT OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OXYGEN IS RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. A TURFGRASS AREA MEASURING 2,500 SQUARE FEET PRODUCES ENOUGH OXyGEN FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR TO BREATHE. AN AVERAGE SIZED HEALTHY LAWN CAN CAPTURE AS MUCH AS 300 POUNDS OF CARBON PER YEAR.

STORMWATER & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT: LAWN AREAS REDUCE POLLUTANTS FROM LEACHING THROUGH THE SOIL INTO THE WATER SUPPLY OR FROM ENTERING SURFACE WATER RUNOFF. TURFGRASSES FILTER STORMWATER EXCESS AND REDUCE SENTIMENT, dusts AND POLLUTANTS FROM ENTERING WATER BODIES. TURFGRASS PLANTS ALSO REDIRECT THE FLOW OF WATER, SLOWING IT AND ALLOWING MORE WATER TO BE ABSORBED BY THE SOIL, WHICH AIDS IN PREVENTING SOIL EROSION AND FLOODING. THE AVERAGE SOCCER FIELD CAN ABSORB 50,000 GALLONS OF WATER BEFORE RUNOFF OCCURS AND THE FIBEROUS ROOT SYSTEM STABILIZES SOIL TO REDUCE EROSION AND RUN OFF. SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN THE REDUCTION IN NOISE POLLUTION FROM HEALTHY TURFGRASS. DID YOU KNOW A HEALTHY LAWN ABSORBS RAINFALL SIX TIMES MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN A WHEAT FIELD AND FOUR TIMES BETTER THAN A HAY FIELD?

ENVIROMENTAL COOLING: HEAT IS REDUCED BY TURFGRASS ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. A WELL MAINTAINED TURFGRASS AREA WILL BE AT LEAST 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN ASPHALT AND 14 DEGREES COOLER THAN BARE SOIL. THE OVERALL ENVIROMENTAL COOLING EFFECT OF TURFGRASS CAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY COMPARING IT TO AIR CONDITIONING. THE AVERAGE HOME HAS AN AIR CONDITIONER WITH A THREE TO FOUR TON CAPACITY. THE COOLING EFFECT OF AN AVERAGE SIZE LAWN IS EQUAL TO ABOUT NINE TONS OF AIR CONDITIONING. A SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD PROVIDES UP TO 70 TONS OF AIR CONDITIONING.

WELLNESS & STRESS: GREEN SPACES HAVE SHOWN TO IMPROVE WELLNESS AND REDUCE STRESS. PLANTS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCE MUSCLE TENSION RELATED TO STRESS, IMPROVE ATTENTION AND REDUCE FEELINGS OF STRESS. PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AN ENVIROMENT WITH A VIEW OF LAWNS AND NATURE COMPARED TO AN URBAN VIEW WERE FOUND TO RECOVER FROM STRESS MORE QUICKLY, EXPERIENCE LESS JOB PRESSURE and PERFORM BETTER WITH INCREASED WORK PRODUCTIVITY THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VIEW OR CAN ONLY SEE MANMADE OBJECTS.

RECREATION & SPORT: TURFGRASS IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AS WELL AS PROVIDING PLACES WHERE ADULTS, KIDS AND PETS CAN SPEND TIME OUTSIDE THE HOME. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ALSO PROVIDE CHILDREN AND ADULTS QUALITY LEISURE TIME IN A POSITIVE AND SAFE ENVIROMENT.

COMMUNITY APPEAL: TURFGRASS AND GREEN SPACES INCREASE COMMUNITY APPEAL AND IMPROVE PROPERTY VALUES. A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY tO BOOST A HOMES CURB APPEAL IS BY ATTRACTIVELY LANDSCAPING THE YARD AND HAVING A WELL-MAINTAINED HEALTHY LAWN. GREEN SPACES CREATE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING AREAS TO GATHER, SOCIALIZE AND GET TO KNOW EACH other THROUGH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.
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  • Our History
  • Lawn Fertilizing Programs
  • Aeration & Overseeding
  • Jake's GrassRoots
  • Weed Control
  • Healthy Lawn Estimate