Yard Care

May 2020

8 Tips to Care for Your Lawn All Summer

2020-05-09T03:36:15-07:00May 9th, 2020|Categories: Yard Care|

8 Tips to Care for Your Lawn All Summer It takes an unprecedented effort to maintain your lawn and prepare it for the summer.  Summers are the time when your lawn suffers most damage due to scorching heat. This results in unhealthy grass. It is neither fresh nor green. To keep

April 2019

TIPS for New Sod After Care

2019-04-19T13:22:30-07:00April 19th, 2019|Categories: Fertilizing, Power Rake, Sod|Tags: , , , |

Protect your new sod Water 15 minutes per zone, twice per day, twice per week Fertilizing 5 times throughout season with a granular fertilizer, applied every 4 weeks If your new sod isn't looking very good. Here are some tips.If you have Kentucky blue grass and you can act now with:1) Watering 15

Why is core aeration important for your lawn?

2019-04-19T11:19:15-07:00April 19th, 2019|Categories: Aeration|Tags: , , |

Benefits of aerating your lawn Better oxygen utilization and nutrient uptake Lawn is more drought and wear tolerant. Strong roots resist pest better Allowing better oxygen utilization, water efficiency and nutrient uptake are important but it does not end there. With a changing climate Calgary can become quite warm in

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