Scarifying is a major intervention, and many lawns don’t need it. The process removes the layer of dead and matted material between the grass…
Winterizing an above-ground pool is about protecting the liner, skimmer, cover, pump, and other equipment from months of cold weather. Most winter damage comes…
Water left inside pool plumbing can freeze during winter and crack pipes, fittings, skimmers, and equipment. The goal of blowing out pool lines is…
Spurge is the flat green mat that appears along the driveway edge in July, spreading out from a single point as if something spilled.…
A pool full of water is one of the heaviest objects on a residential property. Empty, it becomes one of the lightest things buried…
Over-fertilizing can leave grass yellow, brown, wilted, or completely dead, even when the soil has plenty of moisture. The damage can spread quickly, and…
You usually smell it before you see it. Somewhere around the second mow of spring, the whole yard comes up smelling like a cutting…
Wild violets are the weed that makes people question whether they know how to take care of a lawn. Everything else on the property…
The complaint always arrives the same way. Somebody walks across the yard barefoot in April, or a dog comes up the steps holding one…
Most people meet hairy bittercress in March, when the lawn is still half dormant, and something green has already thrown up a mat of…
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…
Every irrigated lawn has a dry spot somewhere. Usually the same one in the same corner or the same strip along the drive, and…
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