Lawn Care Info & Tips Posts

Mushroom season started.  But it's not the fungus that will damage lawns.

Grass has gone to seed, be sure to keep up with your mowings...

Bug Season is HERE!!!

​Be sure to clean up leaves in your yard before the grass begins to grow.

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​Spring Is Around The Corner!!!

​Bunnies digging holes in the yard for their nests.  Here's how to get them to stop.

​Mole and Voles are showing up in yards. If you are having this problem in your lawn give me a call for an estimate. My Mole and Vole Control Service is All Natural, Non-Poisonous, and SAFE in lawns for Kids and Pets.

A customer sent me a pic of his yard that has already greened up and got its first mow of the season (2/7).  Yard's looking good Joe.

Spring Fertilizer & Weed Control Service.  Get the lawn you always wanted Lush, Gree, and Weed Free!  Sign up for service before 2/28 and get 25% off your first treatment.  Request a free estimate today.

Spring Mole & Vole Control Service.  Don't let these damaging pests ruin your lawn.  Treatments are Non-Poisonous, All Natural, and Pet Safe.  Request a free estimate today,

Spring Pest Control Service. Protect your home and lawn from biting and damaging bugs. Request a free estimate today.

Enjoying all the different flowers as I work during the spring.

​Mowing lawn when too tall and grass is clumping.

​Repair bare areas in lawn with seed and peat moss.

​Lawn growing too quick and you're getting grass clumping when you mow? Be sure to rake up the grass clippings.

​Grass is starting to go to seed.  Be sure to keep your mower blades sharp and keep up with your mowing's.

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​Getting a new fence? Here is a PSA on what gate to get.

​Mushroom season is here.  Unsightly, but not damaging to lawns.

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​Freezing conditions this weekend. Protect you spring flowers and garden plants.

​Rake up standing leaves or grass clumps after mowings so it won't kill your grass.

​Vole damage in yard!!!

​What's digging up my mulch beds!?

Have you every placed down new mulch, then a week later your landscape plants or the grass outside the bed turn brown or die?  This situation is caused by sour mulch. When mulch is stacked in bags or in bulk 3 ft or higher, the mulch in the middle of those piles do not get fresh air and begins to sour. Then when you place the sour mulch on your landscape beds, It can kill your plants or when watered leak out into the yard and kill your grass. To prevent this issue, unstack your bagged mulch or spread out your bulk mulch and let it air out for 2 to 3 days. This will prevent the sour mulch from damaging your plants or grass. Have more questions, call or contact me through my website.

​Here is a follow-up on a post I did last December on why to stay off of lawns with frost till it melts off. Pic 1 shows a lawn machine ran through a lawn before the frost had melted. It left burn marks in the yard from frost damage. There was no need to do anything because the grass will repair itself next season. Pic 2 shows the lawn this season. The grass has begun to grow, the burnt blades grew out, and were cut off during mowing. The yard is back to normal.

In April I started my Landscape Mulch/Rock Bed Weed Treatment. This treatment prevents weeds from growing in your landscape beds. Here are two examples of client's that use my service, one mulch bed and another rock bed. Each landscape bed had remained clean and weed free since the last application last October. If you have landscape beds and don't want to fight pulling weeds all season long, call or visit my website for an estimate.

Did you know your trees need fertilizers too? Yep, they do. Just like every living plant, trees, shrubs, and ornamentals need a low nitrogen, slow release fertilizer twice a year to keep healthy. Once in Spring and the other in Fall. Also, what to keep those annual and perennial flowers colorful and healthy? You guessed it, fertilize them too. Low nitrogen, slow release fertilizer every month keeps those colors bright and vibrant making sure those bees and butterflies stay happy and coming back day after day.

Mole activity has been very high this Spring Season. If you are having this problem in your yard, I have a Mole Deterrent Treatment that is all natural and safe around pets and people. Call or visit my website for more info.

How to fix a damaged lawn? The fix all depends on how bad the lawn is damaged, or how much live grass you have compared to dead. If you only have a few damaged areas that need to be fixed you can seed, top with peat moss, and water (pic 1). If the area is large but not the entire lawn you can still fix it by the previous method, but you might consider aeration, overseeding, top with peat moss, and water (pic 2). If the yard has more dead grass than live grass, you will need to aerate, seed, top with peat moss or straw (less expensive) in bare areas, and water (pic 3). Visit my website for more info.

This is deer damage at one of my clients property. The deer are using the back of his property as a trail and are rutting up his yard. There are three ways to fix the issue, 1. create a physical barrier, 2. install auditory deterrents, or 3. place down a granular deterrent. If you have any questions you can call or email me.

​As I was fertilizing a client's lawn yesterday, I noticed how thick and lush his grass was (pic 1). And I wanted to share his secret on how to get the perfect lawn (not really too big of a secret). The secret to having a great lawn is to cut the grass as tall as possible. I took a measurement from the sidewalk and his lawn was 5" tall (pic 2). The taller your grass is the more it will choak out weeds & weed seeds, shad the ground from sun, heat, & wind, and the retain ground moisture. So If you cut your grass 4" or taller, after a while you will notice a big difference on how the quality of your lawn will improve GARANTEED!!!

Happy First Day of Spring!!!

Is your grass not doing well under a tree? Your grass won't grow, thinning, wilting, or not greening up? Try trimming your tree back to get more sun and airflow under the tree. Trim all limbs that are horizontal or angled toward the ground. As you can see in the pic, all limbs are angled toward the sky. After the trimming you will see your grass improve.

​Try to stay off lawns with morning frost. If you mow, work, or walk through the lawn you will get frost burn. Luckly this is not permanent. When the grass starts to grow in spring, most of the damage will get cut away when the grass starts to grow. If there is heavy traffic through a frosted lawn, there may be permanent damage.

​How to tell if the trails in your yard is a mole or vole? The easiest way to tell is by stomp testing the trails. If you stomp on a trail and your foot does not sink in the ground it is a vole trail. If you stomp on the trail and your foot sinks in the ground it is a mole. Moles also can create a dirt mounds. You may have mounds in your yard but no trails. The mound is created when the mole digs deeper in the ground. If you have either moles or voles in your yard, contact me for help.

I get customer questions why grass won't grow under trees (Pic 1). The reason is the vast amount of roots just under the surface (Pic 2). To get grass to grow you need between 4-6 inches of dirt to support a healthy lawn. To fix the issue, add dirt, heavy seeding, then peat moss or straw topping, and water.