Two different mineral deposits show up as white crust on pool tile and plaster, and they call for opposite treatments. Calcium carbonate is the…
A bare spot the size of a dinner plate fills in on its own in most lawns. Spots measured in square feet don’t, and…
Johnsongrass is a coarse, warm-season perennial that spreads through thick underground rhizomes and heavy seed production. In a mowed lawn, it stays short, but…
Every outdoor pool loses water to evaporation, so a dropping water level doesn’t automatically mean a leak. The first job is to measure how…
When pool pH climbs above 7.8, chlorine loses much of its ability to kill germs, and the water starts to scale and irritate eyes.…
Quackgrass is a cool-season perennial that spreads through underground rhizomes and forms coarse, blue-green patches in bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass lawns. It grows fastest…
Bahiagrass throws up tall, V-shaped seed stalks three or four days after the lawn is mowed. It is a warm-season perennial that spreads by…
Edging cuts a clean vertical line where the lawn meets a sidewalk, driveway, or planting bed. Trimming handles the grass a mower can’t reach…
Lime raises soil pH. It helps only when the soil is more acidic than the grass growing in it prefers. Once your laboratory provides…
Horseweed starts as a flat rosette that is easy to miss in a lawn. By early summer, it can send up a single stalk…
Red thread shows up as pink or reddish patches in the lawn, usually after a run of cool, wet weather. Up close, the grass…
A basic sprinkler timer waters on the same days at the same time, whether it rained all weekend or the yard has been baking…
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