When it comes to growing the perfect lawn, there are certainly going to be some bumps and bruises along the way. There are hosts of pests and insects that like to make your lawn their personal lunch room and others that want to live beneath it in the dark, rich soil. To make it even harder, bacteria and diseases like to infect your grass and soil, making it very difficult to rescue your beautiful green grass. Plus, if you have pets and the lawn experiences high traffic, you have even more on your hands! Here are just some tips to help you resuscitate your lawn where needed!
Many people resolve to get in better shape, lose this amount of weight, eat healthier, learn a skill, and the list goes on. This year, why not do something a bit different? Resolve to grow a better, healthier, more beautiful lawn! Here are just a few ideas to help you get started on realizing your dreams of having a gorgeous and lovely lawn this year!
If you have an underground sprinkler system you likely have been told that you need to winterize them as the colder temperatures take over. This is also commonly referred to as ‘blowing out’ your system, because that is essentially exactly 
what you are doing when you winterize the pipes. This helps to protect the pipes and equipment from freezing, cracking, and causing problems that you will have to fix later if you intend to use the system next spring and summer.
There are so many things that you can learn about when it comes to taking care of your lawn. To start, you can invest some time in learning all the different types of grass, maintenance practices that help you have your best lawn, and all the tips and tricks that can really help you keep a nice green grass all year round. It is important do so some basic research or searching when it comes to lawn care (if you care about having a decent or nice one!) because different types of grasses do better in some regions while others do better in regions with different temperature ranges.
When you think about gardening, many people think about planting when the weather warms up, but the good news about living in the south is that you
can actually plant many different vegetables that are hardy enough to be planted in January and onwards. These plants and vegetables can handle the temperatures that the southern winters bring on and even some of the frost.
Winter is a great time to cut back on a few things such as hours spent working on the lawn and gathering vegetables and fruits from your trees and garden.
Not only this, as winter approaches and many plants, trees, and shrubs enter their dormancy stage, it is a great time to prune them. Pruning is good for your shrubs and trees as it allows the branches that aren’t doing so well or may have been infected or damaged by bugs to be removed, allowing the tree to focus on growing the healthy branches next spring when it enters its next growth phase.
Let’s be honest, not everyone loves the snow and the cold that winter often brings to many places in the United States. If you are lucky enough to escape all this, you better keep it a secret or you are going to have a lot more neighbors soon!
Once the weather changes to cold, rainy-slush, or eventually snow, there is not a lot for people that do not like the cold to do outside. Many people spend almost all their time indoors trying to stay warm and dry! We put together a few tips to help you survive the cold weather and stay sane until you can get back outside and enjoy the beautiful lawn and garden that you have!
When it comes to winter in Georgia, many places end up getting some snow and can also get a few ice storms. This definitely limits how much you are going to be out weeding or doing regular lawn care, but there are some important things for you to do, and not do, to ensure a happy spring result for your lawn. What you do now can set the stage for a beautiful and lovely green carpet come spring, or can set you up for a lot of extra work with the spring thaw. Check out our tips below to take care of your lawn this winter!
Lawns can be wonderful, lush, green carpets that really brighten up a property in Johns Creek and Alpharetta, when they are taken care of with love and someone invests the proper time and money into them. This often requires work and knowledge of what makes a lawn healthy and happy. While there are many experienced homeowners out there that do a fantastic job at keeping their lawn looking nice, there are others that struggle. Even homeowners that have a good looking lawn may be just a season or two away from having some difficulties they weren’t expecting. Knowing this, there are some simple steps that homeowners and caretakers can utilize to make sure that they have a beautiful and impressive lawn, year after year.
Last week we talked about how taking care of a lawn and doing the maintenance it requires takes quite a few different tools and some interesting equipment in order to keep things looking fabulous. Many lawn or garden projects require or are made easier by purchasing the right tool for the job, so we put together a list of some of the most common lawn and garden tools you might need if you are thinking about tackling some lawn or garden projects!
