How to Get Rid of Prickly Weeds in a Lawn
The complaint always arrives the same way. Somebody walks across the yard barefoot in April, or a dog comes up the steps holding one back paw off the ground, and suddenly a lawn that looked…
The complaint always arrives the same way. Somebody walks across the yard barefoot in April, or a dog comes up the steps holding one back paw off the ground, and suddenly a lawn that looked…
Most people meet hairy bittercress in March, when the lawn is still half dormant, and something green has already thrown up a mat of little white flowers along the driveway edge and through the thin…
The first year it happens, it’s charming. A mallard pair drops onto the water some morning in late March, paddles two lazy laps, and leaves. Then they come back the next morning, and the morning…
Every irrigated lawn has a dry spot somewhere. Usually the same one in the same corner or the same strip along the drive, and usually the response is to add five minutes to the zone,…
Almost everybody diagnoses a brown spot by its color, and color is the least useful thing about it. Dead grass is dead grass. What actually tells you what happened is the shape of the edge,…
Mustard algae is easy to mistake for dirt. Your pool stays clear, chlorine reads around 2 ppm, and a brownish-yellow film appears along the shady wall or in the corner behind the ladder. Brush it…
The controller in your garage is probably running four days a week for ten minutes a zone. Somebody set it that way the week the system went in, and nobody has touched it since. That…
You mow on Saturday. By Tuesday, there are pale green spikes standing an inch and a half above everything else, in the same two spots they were last July. That’s nutsedge. It grows roughly twice…
Pool floats usually get damaged in storage because they were put away wet, dirty, or in the wrong conditions. Trapped water can lead to mildew, while extreme heat, cold, and tight folds can weaken the…
A damaged pool cover doesn’t always need replacing. Small tears, holes, and worn areas can often be repaired, but the right fix depends on the type of cover and the damage. Solar covers, mesh safety…
Winterizing a salt water pool takes a little more care than closing a traditional chlorine pool. The main difference is the salt chlorine generator, particularly the cell, which can be damaged by freezing temperatures, scale…
Pool chemicals are the most dangerous thing most homeowners keep on the property, and they get stored like paint cans. The failures are not subtle. A garage fire that starts on a shelf with nobody…
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Source: Euromonitor International Co., Ltd., in terms of 2025 manufacturer sales volume (units) in the world. Smart robotic pool cleaner is defined as: intelligent service robots integrating mechanical, electronic, software algorithm and sensor technologies. They autonomously or with minimal human intervention perform pool cleaning and maintenance tasks, typically featuring smart navigation, path planning, and multiple cleaning modes. Research completed in 2025/12.