Great Tips, Amazing Grass
Beautiful, healthy, green lawns are often achieved with the use of lime treatments. Lime can assist in the growth and health of your grass. There are numerous benefits to lime treatments for your lawn including balancing the ph level, adding micro nutrients to the soil, and encouraging thatch decomposition. With all the benefits of lime treatments, there is one question that is often asked. Can you put too much lime on your lawn?
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Every homeowner wants their lawn to be green and lush all year long. With a good understanding of fertilizer, that dream lawn can be within your reach. Fertilizer gives your lawn the additional nutrients it needs to stay green and healthy. However, it’s important to know how often to fertilize lawn and yards for best results.
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Taking care of your lawn is difficult. You put in a ton of effort keeping it mowed regularly, not to mention the effort in watering it and fertilizing your yard to keep your grass green. Even then, there’s still no guarantee your efforts will translate to results. That’s why many homeowners have been hiring a lawn care service to keep their lawn looking great and staying healthy. If you’re thinking of hiring someone, you’ve surely heard of TruGreen. But who are the top TruGreen competitors that you might also consider?
I’ll explore your options with you in this article.
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Do you love the idea of a lush and uniform lawn that looks like the fairway on a golf course? Well, having a lawn that rivals your local country club is not as out of this world as you might think. There are a number of types of grasses that golf clubs can use to create their green fairways, roughs, and putting greens. It just depends on the climate and soil type they are working with. In this article I’ll answer the question “What kind of grass do golf courses use?” and explain which ones can be a good choice for a private lawn.
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For any homeowner who mows their lawn regularly, sooner or later they’ll notice smoke coming from their lawn mower. Naturally, this is an alarming thing to notice. But more often than not, a smoking lawn mower isn’t serious and the problem can be fixed pretty easily.
Of course, it’s important to find out what’s causing your mower to smoke. Knowing the cause will help you determine if it’s still safe to use. In today’s article I’ll explain the most common reasons why lawn mowers smoke. Then I’ll tell you how to fix the problem.
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If you are a family with kids and pets you might know how difficult to can be to find the time to maintain your lawn. There are so many aspects to growing a healthy lawn, and in reality, the work you are currently putting into your lawn might be going to waste. Growing a healthy, durable and low maintenance lawn not only requires the proper methods, but it can also depend upon the type of grass you use. In this article I’ll share a list of low maintenance grass types that work for families with kids and pets.
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One of the most advantageous features of using sod to establish your lawn is how quickly you’ll have a beautiful lawn. After all, sod gives you instant grass and an impressively green property the moment it is installed. But most homeowners aren’t sure where to buy sod.
In this article I’ll tell you everything you need to know before you buy sod, go over where to buy sod that is high quality, and give you my top tips to save money on your grass sod order.
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There’s no doubt about it: a lawn mower is an investment. Once you buy one, especially a pricier one, you’re kind of stuck with it unless you want to go through the hassle of trying to sell it. And if it has significant problems, you’d probably have to cross into some questionably moral territory to pawn it off on someone else. So I’ve decided to share my opinions on lawn mower brands to avoid and recommend some that I feel are particularly reliable.
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If you have a particularly large property or are just too busy to keep up with your lawn maintenance and landscaping work, perhaps you’re considering hiring lawn care professionals to help. In this article, I’ll share a lawn care pricing chart, and will go over a variety of different kinds of lawn care services and how much you will probably be asked to pay for them.
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For lawn aficionados and artists, a well-striped lawn is a sign of skill, and often status. For years people thought only golf courses and baseball fields had the know-how to create beautifully striped grass, but with a striping kit for lawn mower models that range from riding to walk-behind, you can create stunning stripes in your lawn.
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Dustin Stoll is the owner of a horticulture design and consulting company. He has done planting design work on many commercial and residential projects. Previously, Dustin was Director of Horticulture at Tulsa Botanic Garden, where he worked for over eight years.
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Nicole Forsyth is a passionate Instructor of Plant Science at an agricultural vocational high school, and a certified landscape design professional, certified horticulturist, certified arborist, and the CEO of NF Landscape Design and Horticultural Consulting.
Dustin Stoll is the owner of a horticulture design and consulting company, Stoll Design. He has done planting design work on many commercial and residential projects. Before starting his own company, Dustin was Director of Horticulture at Tulsa Botanic Garden, where he worked for over eight years.
Arthur Davidson is a seasoned horticulturist with over five decades of hands-on experience. Holding an A.S. in Horticulture, Arthur’s expertise spans landscape design, organic gardening, soil science, and more. A former ISA Arborist and Master Gardener, Arthur maintains a gardening blog of his own.
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Arthur Davidson is a seasoned horticulturist with over five decades of hands-on experience. Holding an A.S. in Horticulture, Arthur’s expertise spans landscape design, organic gardening, soil science, and more.
Managing Editor, Lawn Chick Editorial
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Certified Landscape Design Professional, Horticulturist & Arborist
Nicole Forsyth is a passionate Instructor of Plant Science at an agricultural vocational high school, and a certified landscape design professional, certified horticulturist, and certified arborist in Massachusetts.
Founder & Owner of LawnChick.com
Sarah’s blog is read by over 2 million homeowners each year and she is regularly cited as an expert source of lawn care knowledge by major publications like Family Handyman, Homes & Gardens, Livingetc, and House Digest. She’s an active member of MELNA, and the American Horticultural Society.
