Are you ‘smart’ in your lawn and landscape irrigating habits? Since July has been named Smart Irrigation Month by the Irrigation Association, now is a good time to measure your irrigation I.Q. Why is your irrigation I.Q. important? Well, it’s… Read More
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Just a Reminder: Water Your Lawn Deeply and Infrequently
Here they come – the long, hot days of summer are upon us! And that means that watering your lawn and landscape will become a regular chore for the next few months. If you’ve had an automatic sprinkler system installed,… Read More
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How’s Your Lawn Doing Under That Blanket of Snow?
It happens every single year: the lush emerald-green of your lawn fades to a feeble brown as Jack Frost slips into town for an extended stay. Before you know it, even the autumn-brown of your lawn is obscured under a… Read More
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Snow Mold: A Wintertime Threat to Your Lawn
Bread can go moldy. So can cheese, meat, and many other food items. But lawn grass? Yep, that too. In fact, there’s a type of mold that can develop on lawn grass during the dead of winter. It’s called, appropriately… Read More
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Hate Raking Leaves? Don’t Bother.
For lots of homeowners, the yearly task of raking leaves is a bothersome chore. Each year when fall rolls around and the leaves start to fly, sighs are heaved en masse as reluctant hands wearily reach for garden rakes. If… Read More
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Your Lawn Sprinkler System Can Help Protect You Against a Most Fearsome Lawn Pest
Has your lawn – or a neighbor’s – ever been reduced to a patchwork of yellow and brown spots peppered throughout the healthy, green sod? If so, that lawn had likely fallen victim to one of the most prevalent and… Read More
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Five-Step Landscape Prep for Winter
Winter is a time of rest for landscape grasses, shrubs and trees. It’s a time of rest for landscape owners, too – your lawn and landscape will require minimal attention during the winter months. But it’s not time to relax… Read More