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All about Top Dressing a lawn

2019-04-14T20:41:36-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Spring, Top Dressing, Yard Care|Tags: |

Top Dressing a Lawn If your goal is to seed an existing lawn, then use garden mix to create good soil-to-seed contact. However, if your current soil has too much clay or your lawn is uneven, choose a top dressing with a percentage of sand. And still, if you wish to build stronger soil

Why do I need to Top Dress my lawn?

2019-04-14T20:46:37-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Spring, Top Dressing, Yard Care|Tags: |

Your lawn and garden will lose it’s nutrients through bagging lawn mower clippings pruning shrubs harvesting fruits or vegetables ... or even when the wind blows! How do your Lawn and garden lose nutrients? Your lawn and garden will lose it’s nutrients through bagging lawn mower clippings, pruning shrubs, harvesting fruits

About Sod Installation in Calgary

2019-04-14T19:49:40-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Sod, Spring, Yard Care|Tags: |

Considerations for Your Sod Installation Project Grading Cutting the Sod Watering Aftercare Cutting height Grading The Sod Installation process begins by excavating and removing existing vegetation to be hauled away for recycling. If your soil is still good condition we then use a high-powered tiller to re-oxygenate

Types of Sod for Calgary

2019-04-14T17:46:50-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Sod, Spring, Yard Care|Tags: , , , |

Sod Installation: Kentucky Blue Grass or Freedom Fescue? Kentucky Bluegrass is used on golf courses in Alberta Freedom Fescue is used along Calgary roadways as a way of stabilizing soil Kentucky Blue GrassThis particular Sod installation uses a cool season grass, which is why you will see it maintaining it’s colour through our wet

About Mechanical De-thatching

2019-04-14T17:21:45-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Landscaping, Power Rake, Spring, Yard Care|Tags: , , , |

Keys Points For a Healthy Lawn Mechanical power raking is  the most efficient way to remove thatch Excessive lawn thatch prevents water from penetrating below the surface of your lawn Left on its own the organic thatch material will continue to accumulate Power Rake your yard either in early spring

Types of Wood Mulch

2019-04-14T15:40:42-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Landscaping, Mulch, Spring|

Most popular choices of wood mulch Shredded Cedar Foothills premium Montane Garden Here are the varieties of colourful mulch available from Yard Busters in Calgary. Parkland Premium Mulch is a 1-2″ shredded mulch that creates a beautifully knitted tapestry best used for tree wells, around shrubs, and

Tips for Spring Melt: All About Flood Mitigation

2019-04-15T04:48:38-07:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: Gutters, Snow Clearing, Spring|Tags: , , , , |

A rapid spring melt could bring big trouble for many home-owners in our yard care network. Take a trip with me on how an ounce of property care is worth a pound of cure.