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Located in central Virginia, this clientĀ wanted to open up the view on the mountain and cut down trees, and implement turf for erosion control and looks. They also wanted walking trails installed, a high-quality standard of turf, treatment on all turf areas, and for the turf to be mown regularly; this includes a flat area, […]
April is National Lawn Care Month, and a recent survey, conducted by Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE) in collaboration with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, found majority of respondents value their yards and keeping them well-maintained. The survey respondents were 1,004 U.S. adults, 18+, who live in a home or residence with […]
Spring is well underway and as the snow melts, it may reveal an unwelcome surprise on your customerās lawn: snow mold. Snow mold appears as nearly circular patches with the turf inside the circle appearing white, gray or pink and matted together. It is caused by gray snow mold or pink snow mold, with the […]
“Is it really worth it?ā Itās a question that every client has to ask themselves when trying to decide if they want to go through with a certain outdoor project. Not only is there a question of how happy theyāll be after completing a project, but thereās also the question of its value when it […]
It seems like everyone is in attack mode these days and our industry isnāt spared. Lately, lawns have come under attack in the media and on social media from people who donāt understand how they fit into a healthy ecosystem and benefit the environment.Ā As we well know, turfgrass is a hard-working member of the […]
Pre-emergent herbicides are a useful tool that allows you to proactively set your clientsā lawns up for success. āThe saying ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ I think applies nicely to pre-emergents in a lawn care setting,ā says Palmer Higgins, president of Mainely Grass, based in Portland, Maine. āWe are taking care of […]
Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, consider themselves soil scientists, so naturally, they have a lawn lab for all their testing. Brad Leahy, vice president of Blades of Green, says they started their lawn lab five years ago when the organic movement started in Montgomery County. He says they wanted to start testing to […]
Whether your lawn care season starts in spring in the Northeast or goes all year round, make sure you calibrate your lawn equipment to apply products properly and improve efficiency. Everything that applies a product, granular or liquid, should be carefully calibrated before your season starts. While it may seem like a chore you only […]
Winterā¦Not the agronomistās favorite season, at least in the northern states anyway. If itās not brown, itās covered in a blanket of white and in either case, itās frozen solid. This time of year, I love a trip down to Florida for a few days. Speaking of Florida, I headed down to Orlando in early […]
Itās been a long, hard season, hasnāt it? Every year itās something: last year, it was armyworms eating half of the lawns in America; this year, for most of us, it simply did not rain. Will it be a plague of locusts next year? Who knows? On the one hand, the challenges we face in […]
