Nickerson may be a small town, but that doesn't mean you should settle for a big-box fertilizer and a prayer. Windy Ridge is about 25 minutes east in Burrton, and we already service properties across Reno County. Professional lawn care makes a visible difference — even on a town lot. Especially on a town lot.
Nickerson sits in the Arkansas River lowlands of western Reno County, and the soil here reflects it. You'll find a mix of sandy loam and silty clay depending on your property's elevation — closer to the river bottoms, the soil is sandier and drains fast, while the higher ground in town tends toward tighter clay. Both types have the high pH that's common across this part of Kansas, typically 7.5 or above.
Sandy soils lose nutrients quickly, which means a single spring fertilizer application gets washed through the root zone before your grass can use it all. Clay soils hold nutrients better but compact easily, making it hard for roots to grow deep enough to survive July and August. Either way, a once-a-year approach doesn't cut it. You need multiple, properly timed applications throughout the growing season.
Weed pressure in Nickerson is heavy. Crabgrass thrives in the sandy, warm soils, and broadleaf weeds like dandelions, bindweed, and spurge move into any thin areas quickly. A professional pre-emergent and post-emergent program keeps these problems under control so your lawn can actually thicken up and compete on its own.
Our proven program covers the full growing season — pre-emergent in early spring, broadleaf weed control, summer feeding, premium grub and armyworm prevention, and a fall winterizer. Solu-Cal for pH correction and Mycorrhizae for root development are part of every program, not add-on upsells. Same approach we've refined over 20-plus years across central Kansas.
A lot of Nickerson properties — especially older ones — have lawns that are more bare dirt and weeds than actual grass. Rather than fighting a losing battle, let us start fresh. We'll level the ground, improve the soil, and seed with grass varieties matched to your property. A new lawn adds curb appeal and value to any Nickerson home.
If you own acreage outside Nickerson, native grass is worth considering. It's drought-tolerant, requires no fertilizer once established, and provides excellent erosion control on sandy Reno County ground. We seed with Kansas-native warm-season species that are adapted to this exact climate and soil type. It's the lowest-maintenance ground cover you can have.
The first time we treat your lawn, we spray the whole thing. Full coverage. That knocks out whatever's growing that shouldn't be. But after that? We don't blanket-spray your entire yard every visit. That's what the big companies do because it's faster for their crews. It's also a waste of product and puts more chemicals on your lawn than necessary.
Instead, we spot-spray. If a weed pops up, we hit it. If a section looks clean, we leave it alone. We also do something called banding — we spray an 18-inch strip around the edges of your lawn every time. Sidewalks, driveways, fence lines. That's where about 90% of weeds come in from. Hit the edges hard, spot-spray the middle, and your lawn stays clean with a fraction of the chemicals.
We also use Defendor, which is designed to not let dandelions bloom. That's huge. Instead of chasing dandelions after they've already spread seeds everywhere, we stop them before they even flower. Less spraying later, fewer weeds next year. It's a smarter approach, and it means your lawn gets fewer chemicals overall — not more.
We're based in Burrton, east of Hutchinson on the Highway 50 corridor, which puts Nickerson well within our regular service area. Terrill Unruh has been treating Reno County lawns for over 20 years. He built Windy Ridge on the idea that small-town properties deserve the same quality of care that the big Wichita companies offer — without the big Wichita overhead or the impersonal service. One call, one company, one person who actually knows your lawn.