For everything there is a season, and when it comes to lawn renovation, spring is it. As lawn grasses wake from dormancy, nutrient and water demands increase. Unless you’ve been providing consistent […]
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Organic and Natural Lawn Care Solutions
When it comes to finding ways to keep my lawn and landscape looking their best using natural methods, I’m always scanning for any new ideas. Yet to date, I’ve found […]
What is the best natural lawn fertilizer?
I am often asked questions like this one. “What is the best natural fertilizer for your lawn? I would like to use something that I would not have to worry […]
Fall Lawn Care Basics
Now that the fall season has arrived, those who were so busy in the summer maintaining and fertilizing warm season grasses (Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, and St. Augustine) are now able […]
Fall Lawn Renovation
Summer’s end is often a welcome time for many, especially if you enjoy gardening and working on your home landscape. The cooler post-summer weather is just what many of us […]
Summer Turf Care for the Southeast
I’d like to start this article by sharing the common characteristics and needs of all turf grasses for this time of year, in the southeast. Irrigation In the absence of […]
Turf Tips for Spring and Summer
In late Spring, turf grass, depending on the type, will either be coming into its prime, or on its way to decline. Each type has a preferred growing season. In […]
Great Looking Lawns with less Time, Effort and Chemicals
I have at least two personalities when it comes to gardening. One is the practical, prudent, efficient type. To be sure, it’s the more intellectual one. The other is clearly […]
Lawn Survival Guides in Times of Drought
Crunch, crunch, crunch; no, it’s not the sound of you munching on your favorite cereal. It’s what you hear beneath your feet as you walk across your parched lawn when […]
Grasscycling; Going Bag less- Its Liberating for You and the Environment
With the arrival of spring, cutting the grass becomes another weekly ritual to promoting the health and beauty of a great looking lawn and landscape. But many homeowners don’t realize […]
Spring Tips for a Great Looking Lawn
In March, it’s still too early to do much with warm season grasses like Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, and St. Augustine. However, if you have a cool season grass, like Fescue […]
Turf Talk
If you live in the Southeastern United States, your lawn is most likely Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, St. Augustine (known as warm season grasses) or Fescue (known as a cool season […]
To Mow, or not to Mow
What have I gotten myself into this time? While I painstakingly redo my lawn for the second time in a year, my wise Master Gardener friend tilled hers up for […]
Not Your Ordinary Lawn
What if you could have a lush lawn that stays deep green all year, only needs mowing once, never needs fertilizer or supplemental water, is disease and pest free, and […]
Best Time to Fertilize Lawns
Fertilizing your lawn can keep it looking lush and green. Whether you have warm weather or cool weather grass, fertilization is almost always a must for maintaining a great lawn. […]
Ridding the lawn of nut grass
Q.) Our back yard has been over taken almost completely by nut grass. There is hardly any grass left except the extreme edges. What do we do? Should we tear […]
Dealing With Common Chickweed
If you see light green patches mixed within your fall lawn, there is a good chance you have common chickweed (Stellaria media). It’s a winter annual that’s found in all […]
