Summer Mowing Tips
When it comes to lawn care and making sure that your grass looks picture perfect, there are several different things you, as the homeowner, need to do. Taking a lawnmower over your grass every couple of weeks is simply not enough if you want your grass to have that lush, healthy green to it.
While mowing [...]
How to Start a Lawn Care Business
Starting a lawn care business is not that difficult. Just look at how many young teenagers are running around with a trailer and some pretty nice equipment. It’s not rocket science, but you do need to have some direction. Choosing the right direction takes some knowledge and that is what we are going to give [...]
Spring is Here, Time for Some Scotts
One of the best ways to improve your lawn is to get on a regular fertilizing schedule. Scotts lawn care products are my favorite of the bunch. It could just be their marketing campaign or they might just have the best products around. I just got through putting out some Scotts Bonus S for St. [...]
Save Time on Lawn Care
I am realizing quickly from my own lawn that the longer I consistently do proper lawn care, the less work I have to do. For instance, this year I have only watered my lawn 3 times. Obviously, the large amount of rain helped me minimize water usage, but we did have about a 5 to [...]
Zoysia Grass
Zoysia grass is quite possible one of the best grasses you could have on your lawn. It is very low maintenance and grows a thick, green turf that chokes out just about everything. There are several options for getting zoysia including seed, plugs, and sod.
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Lawn Diseases Wreck Havoc
It is terrible when your lawn gets a disease. If you don’t address it, it could wipe out your entire lawn. There are many types of lawn diseases out there. There are three main causes for disease to develop in grass. Pathogens, right conditions, and susceptible grass.
Aerating Your Lawn
If you have warm season grass, now is the perfect time to perform lawn aeration. Aerating your lawn can help with thatch and soil compaction problems. Basically it just gets more air to your soil, which is a good thing! To learn more about lawn aeration
Free Lawn Ebook
The guys over at Blades Lawn Care are giving away a free ebook for anyone that joins their newsletter. I already receive the newsletter and love it. You can sign up for the newsletter by clicking here -> lawn newsletter
Snapper Oil Change
I performed some regular maintenance on my unit today. It’s very important to keep a regular schedule for maintenance on your lawn mower. This was my pre-Spring oil change. You don’t need much to perform a change. All you need is: