Lawn Care Schedule

Who this is for

A month-by-month record of what the lawn had done to it. Six tick columns cover the usual jobs, notes take the detail, and the table below records problems and repairs.

Anyone who looks after a lawn — a back garden, a green, a paddock edge or a client's grounds — and wants a plain record of what was done and when.

What this helps you track

• Which lawn jobs were done in which month, ticked off as you go
• What product or setting you used, in your own words, in the notes column
• Problems seen — moss, bare patches, waterlogging, pests — with what you did about them
• A year's record to compare with the next, especially after a change of routine

How to use it

1. Write the lawn or area and the year at the top; keep one sheet per lawn if they are treated differently.
2. As each job is done, tick it in the month's row. Mowing happens many times a month in season, so the tick means 'mowed this month' and the notes column can carry the count.
3. Use the notes column for anything a tick cannot hold: the feed used, the mower height you chose, the weather.
4. Record problems in the lower table as you see them, with the date and what you did.
5. The browser version keeps the ticks and notes in your own browser; the paper one lives in the shed with the mower.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

When should I feed, scarify or aerate?

That depends on your grass type, soil and climate, and on the product you use, so the sheet does not say. Follow the product label or local advice and record what you did; over a few years your own sheets become the schedule.

What mowing height should I write?

Whatever you set the mower to. The notes column is there for it. Heights differ by grass, season and preference, so none is printed.

Can I use it for several lawns?

One sheet per lawn is clearest, since the ticks are per month rather than per area. For a groundskeeping round with many areas, the equipment maintenance schedule generator on this site builds a multi-item checklist instead.

What is the problems table for?

Things you notice and mean to fix — a bare patch under the swing, moss by the fence, a wet corner. Dating them shows whether a fix worked or the problem is back every year.