Grass Lawn Maintenance - Make a Yard this Spring
A lawn is a must. It keeps the place clean for one thing. It provides a frame for the garden picture for another. Without a lawn, it isn’t a home. Your first encounter with soil is likely to be discouraging. An accepted practice in the building... Read More...
Toasted Green – Tips for Selecting the Best Lawn Fertilizer
With things warming up the buzz of lawn mowers, weed eaters and fertilizer spreaders have become a more common weekend happening. Recently on a trip to the local garden center the bags of fertilizers were stacked up waiting for the local garden and landscape... Read More...
Mower Productivity Starts with Filters
During the spring and summer, you heavily depend on your lawnmower. As with any other engine run machinery it takes maintenance to keep it running right. If the parts of a lawn mower are not properly maintained, it cannot be productive. The mower’s... Read More...
Grass and Other Ground Cover Selections For Your Lawn
When you select seed for your lawn, the main consideration is the exposure to sun and shade your grounds afford. Most commercial blends are adapted to full sun or medium shade. A special blend should be used where there is less than three or... Read More...
Watering The Lawn and Plants Trickle-Down Economics
What would you do with your garden and lawn if you are used to watering it a lot, and then a drought creates a watering ban? Would all of your plants die? The answer, if you start watering wisely before that happens, is NO. It is very important... Read More...
Lawn Fertilizer Burn - Don’t Let It Happen To Your Yard
Question: We have on our lawn or yard fertilizer burn - I think. New St. Augustine grass has just been installed at our house, my husband fertilized it with the "best lawn fertilizer" in his opinion, his own homemade brand! Can you... Read More...
Renovating Old Lawns
If you have been struggling in vain with a poor lawn, you might just as well do something drastic with it, such as spade it up and rebuild it. If you do, however, be careful not to build in the same mistakes again. If there are puddles or pools on your... Read More...
Creating Garden Terraces
Terraces present wonderful possibilities in the garden. They are outdoor living rooms during good weather and form a transition from the outdoors to the indoors throughout the year. The terrace may be either at ground level, below ground level, or raised... Read More...
Watch Out for Fertilizer Burn
Recently I’ve received some questions on lawn fertilizer and possible burn from it. Sometimes this happens when new homeowners in their excitement to get the yard looking good and green. Some people over apply and others figure they will make their... Read More...
Tips in Choosing the Perfect Grass for Your Landscape
If you enjoy the look and feel of grassy lawns, then there are some important things you should now when it comes to choosing the perfect grass for your landscape. By learning a few things, you will be able to create a lawn that is low maintenance,... Read More...
