The sun has been beating down on your lawn all summer and maintaining healthy, green grass has been challenging. Fall is a great time to fix damage resulting from summer stress! Warm soil temperatures, cool weather,…
To say this has been a wet summer would be an understatement. While it may be ruining your outdoor summer plans, make the most of the rainfall this season! Rainwater harvesting is a collection of the…
When the weather gets dry, your lawn can start to look like it’s fried. Your grass can turn yellow/brown, but fear not, that doesn’t mean it’s dead- it’s often just dormant.
A healthy, well-treated lawn is a beautiful thing. But as we all know, there can be problems that come with maintaining such green grass. A lot of bugs and pests can be harmless for the most part, but it’s the lawn damaging insects you don’t see that can really take a toll on your turf.
Everything living requires hydration to survive, including your lawn. You need to water your lawn to keep it healthy and strong, but it can be difficult to gauge how often you should be watering it and how much water your lawn actually needs.
By this time of year, most people should have control of the weed situation on their lawn. They have picture perfect grass and they’ve adopted some techniques to withstand the summer heat. Then, they look at their driveway and see the patio weeds that won’t stop coming back.
In the past, we’ve discussed on our blog how beneficial lawn care can be for the environment and the quality of our Hometurf products, but today we’re going to go more in-depth into a topic that applies to both of those areas: phosphorus free fertilizer.
We’ve reached summer’s peak. There are many days of extreme heat and much fewer with rain than what we saw in the spring. This May was the driest in 29 years and you need to know the possible damage that it can do to your lawn.
If your home is getting a new lawn installed, or has gone through a construction project, you most likely need new sod. But in most instances, thin or damaged lawns can be repaired with over-seeding (click here to learn more!), which is actually a much more cost effective and requires less intensive after care from you!
Are yellow lawn patches plaguing your once green yard? Have you been wondering what could be causing these to seemingly appear from nowhere? There are actually several common reasons for yellow patches to appear on your lawn, and we’ve outline the top 5 for you here. (more…)
