Category Archives: General

Due to its high nitrogen content, dog urine can do a lot of damage to your lawn. Despite the fact that nitrogen typically is a good thing for your lawn, if applied in excess and, of course, not diluted in water, nitrogen can definitely burn and scorch your lawn. A very good way of combating […]

Weeds can be an unpleasant presence in any homeowner’s lawn. They tend to grow until they become a really big problem. But the good news is, there ways in which you can get rid of unwanted weeds in your lawn, and in which you can prevent them from sprouting and spreading.   Although we may […]

Aerating your soil is not a complicated process. As many gardeners will be able to point out, it will take you only a short time to aerate your entire lawn, and the results will be more than worth the effort. Although the general rule of thumb is to aerate your lawn before the winter freeze […]

  When it gets really hot in the summer, it stands to reason that you have to water your lawn more frequently. However, as the warmest months of summer start to arrive, you have to be careful that you don’t water your lawn too much or too little. The result of both can be disastrous, […]

Getting your grass to grow can be a difficult task in the best of conditions. However, if your lawn has suffered from pests or disease, it might have some areas that are just dirt by now. Regardless of whether that’s what the problem is, or whether it was affected by cold winter temperatures, or it […]

  If you ask most gardening experts, they will recommend organic, natural lawn products for growing a healthy lawn. However, as you might expect, not everyone agrees on that, and there are some who actually believe that chemical products are better.   Of course, organic can be more expensive depending on where you buy your […]

As a first time homeowner, you have to be prepared to deal with a lot of activities that will take up much of your time. One of them is taking care of your lawn. To make sure you get that squared away properly, here are a few tips on what you need to pay careful […]

Before drought season, you will want to make sure that your lawn is in good order and that it’s resilient enough to withstand a period when it might not get as much water as it normally should. The main issue is that without water your grass could become very vulnerable, and it’s possible that part […]

  Droughts are typically long periods without rain. Thankfully, in this day and age, access to water is more readily available than it was a few decades ago, so even areas where droughts are common can have enough access for people to tend to their lawns and gardens, and not just to barely sustain themselves […]

Hardscapes can greatly enrich your property and make it look beautiful while providing a kind of structure to the trees, lawn and vegetation you might have around your house. A flower garden will look much more appealing with an archway leading up to it, while a brick patio will make your property look more solid […]