Preparing A Lawn For Winter

Winter can put an enormous strain on our lawns, especially in the colder regions where the grass gets snowed over. The effects of Winter are most often seen in Spring when a lawn is slow to recover, or in worst cases - the lawn actually dies off from the Winter cold.

To ensure our lawns repair and sp [ … ]

What Is Thatch

Thatch is the brown layer which lay at the base of the lawn, and above the soil. Thatch is a very generic term and the word does not describe a single part of the lawn. Instead, the word thatch actually describes a range of different organic matter which can be both dead and alive and which exists below the green lea [ … ]

Single Seed Varieties versus Seed Mixtures

For the purposes of overseeding lawns we're either filling in bare patches, strengthening weak spots in the sod or preparing a lawn for Winter. Choosing the right lawn seed for our lawns becomes easier with these factors in mind.

Mixtures of seeds are most often done so that each grass [ … ]

Urine Spots On The Lawn

Those familiar yellow spots on the lawn which often burn and kill the grass and are surrounded by a bright green ring are well known to dog owners. Many of us have learned to live with these spots and simply allow the lawn to repair itself, and others still struggle trying to find a cure. So let's have a l [ … ]

Reasons For Levelling A Lawn

Lawns often develop indentations over time, these depressions on the lawns surface occur for many reasons, including normal wear and tear such as foot traffic, kids playing, walkways, cars or bikes driving on the lawn and so on. These indentations not only look unpleasant but often cause lawn scalping w [ … ]

Reasons For Overseeding A Lawn

There are 2 purposes why we need to overseed our lawns. Lawns are overseeded in cooler climates in order to repair damaged sod and to rejuvenate the lawn area with new growth, this can be done in both Spring and Fall. In warmer climates, Warm Season grasses are overseeded in the Fall with a Cool Season [ … ]

Potassium Deficiency In Lawns

Potassium is a major nutrient component in all lawn fertilizers, and is essential to the health of all lawns and plants. While Potassium is naturally present in soils, we artificially boost these and other nutrient levels to achieve and maintain a lush green lawn in excellent health. This is most usua [ … ]

The Benefits Of Lawn Aerating

Aerating lawns is the process of creating holes throughout the lawn's surface for the purpose of breaking up soil compaction to allow the lawn and soil to receive more oxygen to the root zone. Lawn aeration is also known as Lawn Coring.

The Reasons For Aerating Lawns

In most cases when sod is lai [ … ]