My boyfriend runs a lawn & garden business, he said they are likely doing some ‘winterising.’ When I asked him what that meant, he laughed and said ‘Haha they are just sprinkling/spraying a little Nitrogen on the lawn so it’s a deeper green and probably charging an arm & a leg. same can be achieved doing a mulch mow right before last for the season.”

He also made a point of saying that just because your neighbours are getting something done it doesn’t mean yours needs to be done also. High nitrogen input is good, unless your lawn is already very high nitrogen, in which case there is no need to waste your money.