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The Benson Letter - October 2023

The Benson Letter - October 2023

The Benson Letter
October 2023

October must be the greatest month to be in Morgantown. We almost can see the three piggies from here as its not too hot, not too cold, its just perfect. The trees have turned to a kaleidoscope of color unique to this region, as we watch for all the travelers reveling in what some would jadedly say is normal. Not us as we celebrate each day. Here are a few simple examples of nature’s gifts:

Thanks, on the first photo to Alain Lui, actually his wife, for the beautiful hydrangea I found flaunting its colors while spraying their lawn Saturday. The second is one of the thousands of beautiful trees lighting up the sky like last week’s balloons. When we walk many are preoccupied in thought but not us, we watch the ground too, for natures processing crew, the fungi. Just a small example of Octobers beauty, but now we need to get to work.


Preparing for Winter

Here are three steps to being ready for winter when it gets here.

1) My favorite is hire someone to do it. When I was a real person, this was us but now I’m blessed to work with many young professionals in Bni and not that I can recommend to do the next two steps. If you are looking for help outside to mow, do leaves, power wash, paint, seal pavers, plant shrubs for next year, the list is limitless please call me to find you a professional that will not disappoint.

2) If this work is your therapy, then now is the time to keep regular mowing up probably every 10 days right up till winter shuts us down. That could be 3 to 6 cuts from where we now are and on each this is when we mulch in the leaves. Do not get serious with leaves now because you are one puff of wind from having a new bunch. Just mow them in and if they are particularly heavy in one location blow them around so the whole lawn can take advantage of the fiber. I know you all have been cutting at 3 ½ inches so now is when we drop that a half inch to 3 on our next cut. This adds some more clippings to the leaves aiding in the lawn composting process taking place in your lawn. Stay there for one cut then drop it to 2 ½ for the rest of the cuts. This aids in composting and lessons the opportunity for snow mold under a heavy coat of snow.

Did everyone see the sky last night on the 22nd? The moon was showing what a real night sky balloon can look like.

3) Final clean up comes before Christmas because we need to wait for the leaves to become wet and heavier so they don’t blow back every day. Blow the leaves from all the beds, patios, drives and mulch them in with your mower even if you have to run over them several times and blow them back and forth. Remember its therapy.


In closing, pay attention to your pets, and your kids because its easy to get so caught up in life that we forget the importance of simple entertainment, joy. Pile those leaves up and play in them, no ones looking, only jealous folk unwilling or uncapable of joining. Thanks for spending a few minutes with me and next month a special feature. I’m going to be introducing you to Nick Jones who will show you how he uses stone to build beautiful fire places in your home. See you then!!

Benson's Lawn Systems, Inc.
3360 Collins Ferry Road • Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 599-6611BensonsLawnSystems.comjay@bensonslawnsystems.com
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For most of our pest treatments we can start any time a crisis comes up, no matter the time of year. In this case, though, the snow covering on the ground makes this a not-great time to address ticks. Let’s look forward to spring instead and get serious about addressing the problem as early as we can.