Getting your lawn ready for the colder weather

It's now the end of October and the weather has been getting cooler. 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist Adam Strumpko is working for you with what you should be doing to your lawn before much colder weather arrives. Well Ciara and Claire it's important to get things done before winter weather gets here or you could end up with problems. Many lawns are still looking pretty green right now and according to Gary Korshain of G&H Landscaping you should still be mowing your lawn regularly. The leaves are falling off the trees now and they're starting to pile up it's also important to make sure you get those leaves off your lawn if you have a heavy leaf accumulation on your lawn and then it snows your lawns 100% sure to die underneath that that leaf coverage so you want to be sure that you clean the leaves and the easiest way to clean the leaves is do it regularly do it weekly do it bi-weekly but at least get the heavy heavy leaves off your lawn a few leaves here and there aren't going to matter. This is also the time of year to winterize your sprinkler system. You want to make sure your water is at least off. Drain that backflow preventer if you can. Sometimes there's a plug. We put a faucet on the bottom so you can open that faucet and let the water drain out and then we'll come along and blow the systems out. This is also a good time to put down fertilizer as well. Now Gary Korshain says temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s like we've been seeing recently shouldn't damage your sprinkler system since most of the components are underground and insulated by the soil. Working for you, I'm 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist Adam Strumko.