The most common cause of death for lawn and garden plants isn’t pests, disease, or even drought. The truth is that the most common cause of landscape plant death is over or under-watering. It's a familiar scenario: A homeowner sets their watering system to run at specific … [Read more...]
How to Start a New Lawn from Scratch
Everyone has a house in their neighborhood that makes them mumble with jealousy under their breaths every time they pass by. How is it that someone who lives right around the corner and shares the same crazy weather as you can have a lawn so full and lush that your dog stops to … [Read more...]
Artificial Turf Benefits
Artificial turf has been somewhat controversial since its introduction in the mid-1960s. Originally, it was only used on sports fields, in stadiums, and in some parks. However, it has now been adopted for residential use, due to its benefits, newer formulations and lower costs. … [Read more...]
Autumn Lawncare
If you are like many others, autumn yardwork probably sneaks up on you out of nowhere. One day you are basking in the sun, fanning yourself and drinking lemonade and then all of a sudden, you need to put a jacket on to walk the dog in the morning. This is usually about the same … [Read more...]
Tips for Cleaning Dog Poop Out of Your Yard
Whether you have one dog or three and whether they are five pounds or a hundred, cleaning up their leftovers is not a fun prospect. It needs to be done, though, to protect your yard, your dogs, your children and yourself from the mess and disease that can go with it. Besides, … [Read more...]
St Augustine Grass Weed Control
St. Augustine grass is a common type of grass throughout the Gulf Coast area of the United States, as well as in Southern and Central California. You see it all over states like Texas, Florida and other Gulf Coast states. With any type of grass, including St. Augustine, there … [Read more...]
How to Keep Weeds Out of Your Lawn the Organic Way
Having a perfectly green and weed free lawn is close to an obsession in the United States. For many years, chemical treatments have been largely considered to be acceptable. Recently, there has been more focus on green methods and protecting the environment. As a result, more … [Read more...]
Use Zoysia Grass for a Low Maintenance Lawn
Zoysiagrass is a warm season, low maintenance turf grass. It tolerates heat, drought, and salt spray. The low-growing, sod-forming plants spread by stolons and rhizomes. While it prefers full sun, zoysiagrass will tolerate some shade. Zoysiagrasses green up early in the spring … [Read more...]
Growing Bermuda Grass for Lawns
Photo courtesy of woodleywonderworks at Flickr.com. Bermudagrass is a very popular warm season turf grass in tropical and subtropical climates. It establishes quickly, spreads rapidly by stolons and rhizomes, and tolerates traffic and drought. Bermudagrass takes mowing as … [Read more...]
Overseeding Lawns with Ryegrass
Photo found on Flickr, courtesy of PhotoFarmer. Overseeding involves planting an annual cool season grass in the fall on top of a permanent warm-season grass. It’s a popular solution to a major drawback of warm-season grasses, which is that they go dormant after the first … [Read more...]
How to Grow a Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn
Kentucky bluegrass is the turf grass species most widely used in the northern half of the U.S. It produces a dark-green, medium textured, dense turf and spreads by underground rhizomes that can self-repair damaged spots. A cool season turf grass, Kentucky bluegrass can go … [Read more...]
Using Bahiagrass for a Lawn
Bahiagrass is widely used for pastures and along roadsides in the southeastern United States. As a lawn grass it does not produce dense dark green turf, but it is an excellent choice for infertile and sandy soils in warm drought-prone climates. With near-woody rhizomes that … [Read more...]
Grow St. Augustine Grass for Warm Climate Lawns
Photo found on Flickr, courtesy of dno1967. St. Augustine grass produces a dense, blue-green turf that grows well in warm and humid climates. It’s adaptable to a variety of soils and tolerates salt and high temperatures. Some varieties can even grow in shade. It’s easy to … [Read more...]
Lawn Alternatives with Edible Landscaping, Rain Gardens, and Herb Gardens
Have you ever wondered why we fertilize our yards and spray our grass with harmful chemicals that will make it grow faster and fuller and then gripe about the fact that we have to mow it again? Edible Landscaping If you find yourself wondering why you’re out there mowing again … [Read more...]
How to Feed Your Lawn Without Chemicals
You can grow a healthy lawn without using synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Chemical-free fertilizers stimulate the healthy growth of roots and blades while they improve the drainage, aeration, and water-holding capacity of the soil. A healthy lawn starts with … [Read more...]
Choosing the Right Reel Mower for your Yard
When it comes to cutting your lawn the most environmentally friendly choice out there is a reel mower. Light weight and fueled by your own two feet and a heartbeat, a properly chosen reel mower will do as good as or a better job than any power lawn mower. There are a few … [Read more...]
Weeds 101: Effective Ways to Prevent Weeds
Those pesky weeds. As sure as the days will get longer and the weather will get warmer, the presence of weeds will return, posing a challenge for homeowners to maintain the perfect lawn. So how do you eliminate weeds without the backbreaking effort of pulling them or with … [Read more...]
How To Rid Your Yard of Those Pesky Gophers
About Gophers Before starting any efforts to attain a gopher-free yard, make sure that the rodents burrowing in your lovely grass are, in fact, gophers. Also called pocket gophers, sometimes they can be mistaken for moles. They are burrowing animals that can cause unsightly … [Read more...]
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Organic Lawn Care
Lawn care is an amazingly popular gardening pastime in America and there are millions of acres of different types of lawns all over the country. The American population spends billions of dollars on their lawns every year because: A good looking, well-kept lawn will add … [Read more...]