Chester lawn care doesn’t have to be such a chore. Instead of spending all of your leisure time researching Virginia lawn care topics like fertilizer, aeration, seeding, and weed control, then going out and buying these lawn care and turf management products and pieces of equipment, then coming home and having to spend all day… Continue Reading
How to stripe a lawn And Other Mowing Tips How to stripe a lawn is a question homeowners frequently ask. When you are ready to mow your lawn, there are several other aspects to mowing technique that are just as important to both the health of your lawn and its appearance. Mowing height, blade sharpness,… Continue Reading
Dogs and Lawns: How They Can Coexist Dogs and lawns have been a balancing act for many homeowners for as long as the two have been part of the suburban dream. For more and more people, our dogs are members of the family with whom we spend as many hours as possible. More and more… Continue Reading
May Flowers 2019 Next for Your Lawn In May With a sudden and unexpected heat wave that pulled temperatures as high as the 90s last week, May is shaping up to be a fairly dry and warm month. As a result, most lawns are getting thirsty at this point. If you haven’t already, now is… Continue Reading
Watering the lawn Best Practices for Fescue Turf Watering the lawn is a necessity for most homeowners in RVA with fescue turf due to the heat we experience in the summer. Of all the questions that homeowners ask the turf management professionals they hire to maintain their lawn, those about watering schedules and systems are… Continue Reading
Mild winter and the impacts on your Lawn Mild winter sounds like a pleasant enough symptom of an increasingly variable climate. Less snow and fewer hard freezes means less hassle and less misery for many residents of the Greater Richmond area. However, there can be some serious long term consequences for lawns and landscaping when… Continue Reading
Fescue and heat are fighting an age old battle that many homeowners will be facing during the months of summer. As RVA enters May, weather patterns continue to fluctuate and the average daytime temperature drives up into the 80s and 90s. Turf type tall fescue, the lawn of choice for most residents of the Greater… Continue Reading
Grub Control included in The Picture Perfect Plus Package Grub control is a valuable component to a thorough turf management program, but like nutsedge control as discussed in the previous installment of our Plus Package series, it is considered an elective service and kept as an option separate from a standard maintenance program. While every… Continue Reading
Fungus Control is included in The Picture Perfect Plus Package, Part Three Fungus control is often disregarded as a nonnecessity for fescue lawns by many homeowners and professionals alike. While it is true that the majority of fescue lawns do not experience detrimental rates of fungus during the average growing season, it can quickly become… Continue Reading
Safe Treatments for Outdoor Pests Mosquito control can be a make it or break it for many residential properties during the warm parts of the year. For many homeowners who enjoy active lifestyles with their family and pets, it’s an annual grievance to dash outside to play in the yard the first warm weekend of… Continue Reading
