• Lawn Color Changes

    Lawn color changes can be a normal feature of turf management depending on your type of grass and climate, but they can also be a cause for concern. So what does it mean when you suddenly see your grass turning yellow? What could make grass black, white, or blue (hint: it could be lawn dye)?…

  • Different Colors of Grass

    Different colors of grass can be alarming when a homeowner sees their lawn go from green to something else. But what makes grass green, and what makes it change into red, purple, brown, or any other color? Understand the cause of a color change, such as seeing pink tendrils and identifying red thread disease, is…

  • Grey Leaf Spot Turf Disease

    Grey leaf spot turf disease is an issue in the Richmond, Virginia area for most homeowners. Gray leaf spot needs specific conditions to develop enough to impact a lawn, and there are other grass fungus types that are more commonly encountered, such as brown patch fungus. However, when we consider the impact on fescue fungus…

  • Mole Control Via Grub Control

    Mole control via grub control is a widespread miscalculation of what brings moles to do damage to a lawn in the first place. Because there are few solutions to mole problems and because none of them are permanent, many homeowners are desperate to find some simple method to keep mole problems in check. Unfortunately, mole…

  • Liquid Dethatcher

    Liquid dethatcher is a foreign concept to some, but it is quickly becoming an embraced option in lawn care. The awesome thing to watch happening in modern day soil science and turf management is the constant growth of technology being added to the lawn maintenance arsenal. As seen with aeration, what was for a long…

  • Chester Lawn Care

    Chester lawn care doesn’t have to be such a chore. Instead of spending all of your leisure time researching Virginia lawn care topics like fertilizer, aeration, seeding, and weed control, then going out and buying these lawn care and turf management products and pieces of equipment, then coming home and having to spend all day…

  • Dogs and Lawns

    Dogs and Lawns: How They Can Coexist Dogs and lawns have been a balancing act for many homeowners for as long as the two have been part of the suburban dream. For more and more people, our dogs are members of the family with whom we spend as many hours as possible. More and more…

  • Mild Winter

    Mild winter and the impacts on your Lawn Mild winter sounds like a pleasant enough symptom of an increasingly variable climate. Less snow and fewer hard freezes means less hassle and less misery for many residents of the Greater Richmond area. However, there can be some serious long term consequences for lawns and landscaping when…

  • Fescue and Heat

    Fescue and heat are fighting an age old battle that many homeowners will be facing during the months of summer. As RVA enters May, weather patterns continue to fluctuate and the average daytime temperature drives up into the 80s and 90s. Turf type tall fescue, the lawn of choice for most residents of the Greater…

  • Grub Control

    Grub Control included in The Picture Perfect Plus Package Grub control is a valuable component to a thorough turf management program, but like nutsedge control as discussed in the previous installment of our Plus Package series, it is considered an elective service and kept as an option separate from a standard maintenance program. While every…

  • Fungus Control

    Fungus Control is included in The Picture Perfect Plus Package, Part Three Fungus control is often disregarded as a nonnecessity for fescue lawns by many homeowners and professionals alike. While it is true that the majority of fescue lawns do not experience detrimental rates of fungus during the average growing season, it can quickly become…

  • Mosquito Control

    Safe Treatments for Outdoor Pests Mosquito control can be a make it or break it for many residential properties during the warm parts of the year. For many homeowners who enjoy active lifestyles with their family and pets, it’s an annual grievance to dash outside to play in the yard the first warm weekend of…

  • Dormant Bermuda In Fescue

    Dormant Bermuda In Fescue   In this blog, Picture Perfect will explain Dormant Bermuda In Fescue.   It’s the middle of winter, and for fescue lawns like those seen in the Chesterfield, VA area, this means dormancy. Like other plants, fescue grass will go dormant when weather conditions aren’t ideal for development and growth. Because…

  • What To Do With Leaves

    What To Do With The Leaves Once fall gets here along with all the beautiful colors of the leaves mother nature supplies us, many homeowners are tired of lawn care. After all the time you spent the entire summer watering, trimming, mowing, and taking steps to fertilize your lush, green grass so it will stay…

  • Fall Leaves On The Lawn

    Fall Leaves On The Lawn The beautifully cultivated all-American lawn is the ultimate dream for most homeowners, but there are endless challenges that face us in the pursuit of that Picture Perfect lawn. During the winter, hard frosts set the stage for potential damage to broken grass blades. In the spring and summer, there is…