Understanding and being aware of your soil’s pH can often lead to better results with your grass, healthier plantings, and long-term landscape success. If having the lushest and greenest lawn is in the neighborhood is in your plans, this is why knowing your soil's pH should be in your lawn care strategy.
Pressure-regulated heads, increasing requirement, and lack of mist from heads
An increasing focus in the irrigation community is ensuring that new sprinkler heads are pressure-regulated. Why, you might ask. Well, there are lots of advantages that come with ensuring that your sprinkler heads are pressure-regulated. With larger focuses being placed on water conservation, this is one of the many changes people are making to conserve.
Proactive v. Reactive
A standard season of an irrigation system in New England typically lasts from April to October. This means that there are, on average, 207 days between each of our visits. Within this time, your irrigation system will experience a variety of wear and tear, from the sporadic weather to lawn care maintenance tools to everything in between.
Let LEDs Light Your Way
Are you still using incandescent or halogen light bulbs in your landscape lighting system? Are you thinking about installing a brand new landscape lighting system, but you don’t really understand what your options are? In either case, you need to give LED lighting some serious consideration. Read this blog post to learn all you need to know about the benefits landscape lighting provides.
Keep Mosquitoes Off Your Property (to Keep Them Off Your Skin!)
We’re willing to bet that you’ve been spending more time than usual around your home this year, right? It wasn’t exactly a banner year for summer travel. We’ll just leave it at that. One thing that you may have noticed in spending more time at home this summer is just. how. buggy. your. yard. is. Sometimes, it’s not until you're stuck at home that you really realize the extent of such issues.
Are You Wasting Money by Over Watering?
Combat High Water Bills and Detect Leaks Sooner.
Escape These Pests and Enjoy Your Yard Again
The weather is finally starting to turn (albeit slowly) and now is the time that you want to get outside and start to enjoy your yard again. Unfortunately, insects can have you and your guests running for cover indoors. Who really wants to be inside after that long winter? Here are a few facts on these pests to inform you of some of their habits and potential dangers.