Essential Tips for Maintaining a Beautiful Lawn During the Hot Virginia Summer
Maintaining a vibrant and healthy lawn in the hot Virginia summer requires a combination of homeowner efforts and professional care.
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Essential Summer Lawn Care Maintenance for Virginia
After Memorial Day is a great time to start your summer lawn care and provide your lawn with the essentials it needs throughout the summer in Virginia.
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5 Things You Can do Now to Get a Beautiful Virginia Green Lawn This Summer
By following these five simple steps, you can ensure that you have a beautiful Virginia green and picture perfect lawn all summer long.
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What Happens to Grass in the Winter?
What happens to grass in the winter? We know that trees drop their leaves in the winter and that most flowers stop blooming, but the majority of people are not as familiar with what happens to the plants beneath their feet when temperatures drop and the world goes to sleep. Grass is one of the…
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Winterizing Fertilizer
Winterizing fertilizer is used for certain turf types at the end of the growing season each year. It’s important to know not only when to winterize your lawn, but also what kind of fertilizer to apply. Certain types of lawns need a certain balance of nutrients at certain times of the year. For example, a…
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Fall Leaf Clean Up Tips
Fall leaf clean up is an expected chore for most homeowners. Almost every suburban property has at least one tree within or against its property lines. It could be as bare as a single small tree in the front yard or as covered as a fully wooded lot, but for the vast majority of homeowners,…
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Is Mulching Leaves Bad for Grass Seedlings?
Is mulching leaves bad for grass seedlings? It depends on the maturity of your new fescue lawn and how long it has been since your fall seeding, but typically, this is not the ideal way to handle leaves on lawn over winter. When fall seeding overlaps with fall leaf season, there can be a difficult…
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When to Winterize Sprinklers
Knowing when to winterize sprinklers can make a great difference for a homeowner that is working to establish and maintain a healthy turf type tall fescue lawn. Winterizing sprinkler system set ups is necessary during the winter to prevent water in the irrigation pipes from freezing and breaking anything, but the ideal time at which…
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Watering New Lawn Seed
Watering new lawn areas correctly after a fall seeding is vital to successful grass seed germination and maturation. A fescue lawn needs to have an overseeding service done each year to maintain a thick and healthy population of turf. When fall seeding is usually such an investment for homeowners, proper seeding aftercare is a key…
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The Best Quality Grass Seed
Why The Best Grass Seed Quality Matters for Fescue Overseeding The best grass seed can make a big difference in the success of your fall overseeding service. There are many brands and varieties of turf grass seed, but certain types of grass like fescue seed are purchased every year by homeowners and professionals that work…
